Transmission apparatus, transmission method, reception apparatus, and reception method

ABSTRACT

The present technique relates to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method that can ensure favorable communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code. LDPC coding is performed based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 9/16 or 10/16. The LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, and the check matrix includes an information matrix corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix corresponding to the parity bits. The information matrix is represented by a check matrix initial value table. The check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix on the basis of 360 columns and is a predetermined table. The present technique can be applied to, for example, data transmission using the LDPC code.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present technique relates to a transmission apparatus, atransmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method, andparticularly, to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, areception apparatus, and a reception method that can ensure favorablecommunication quality in, for example, data transmission using an LDPCcode.

BACKGROUND ART

An LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) code exhibits high error correctioncapability, and in recent years, the LDPC code is widely adopted in atransmission system of digital broadcasting and the like, such as DVB(Digital Video Broadcasting)-S.2, DVB-T.2, and DVB-C.2 of Europe and thelike and ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) 3.0 of the U.S.A.and the like (for example, see NPL 1).

It has been found in the study of recent years that by increasing thecode length, the LDPC code can exhibit performance close to the Shannonlimit, as in a turbo code and the like. In addition, the LDPC code ischaracterized in that the minimum distance is in proportion to the codelength, and the block error rate characteristics are excellent. The LDPCcode is also advantageous in that there is almost no so-called errorfloor phenomenon observed in the decoding characteristics of the turbocode and the like.

CITATION LIST Non Patent Literature

-   [NPL 1]    -   ATSC Standard: Physical Layer Protocol (A/322), 7 Sep. 2016

SUMMARY Technical Problem

In the data transmission using the LDPC code, for example, the LDPC codeis set (symbolized) as a symbol of quadrature modulation (digitalmodulation), such as QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying), and thesymbol is mapped on a constellation point of the quadrature modulationand transmitted.

The data transmission using the LDPC code is expanding worldwide, andthere is a demand for ensuring favorable communication (transmission)quality.

The present technique has been made in view of the circumstances, andthe present technique enables to ensure favorable communication qualityin data transmission using an LDPC code.

Solution to Problem

The present technique provides a first transmission apparatus/methodincluding a coding unit/step of performing LDPC coding based on a checkmatrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a coderate r of 9/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits andparity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix sectioncorresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix sectioncorresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section isrepresented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrixinitial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 inthe information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the tableincluding

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The present technique provides a first reception apparatus/methodincluding a decoding unit/step of decoding an LDPC code obtained fromdata transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the transmissionapparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC coding based on acheck matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and acode rate r of 9/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bitsand parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix sectioncorresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix sectioncorresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section isrepresented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrixinitial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 inthe information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the tableincluding

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The present technique provides a second reception apparatus/methodincluding a decoding unit/step of decoding an LDPC code obtained fromdata transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the transmissionapparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC coding based on acheck matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and acode rate r of 9/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bitsand parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix sectioncorresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix sectioncorresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section isrepresented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrixinitial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 inthe information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the tableincluding

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In the second reception apparatus/method, the LDPC code obtained fromthe data transmitted from the transmission apparatus is decoded, thetransmission apparatus including the coding unit performing the LDPCcoding based on the check matrix of the LDPC code with the code length Nof 69120 bits and the code rate r of 9/16, in which the LDPC codeincludes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including

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The present technique provides a third transmission apparatus/methodincluding a coding unit/step of performing LDPC coding based on a checkmatrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a coderate r of 10/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits andparity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix sectioncorresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix sectioncorresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section isrepresented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrixinitial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 inthe information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the tableincluding

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In the third transmission apparatus/method, the LDPC coding is performedbased on the check matrix of the LDPC code with the code length N of69120 bits and the code rate r of 10/16. The LDPC code includesinformation bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including

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The present technique provides a third reception apparatus/methodincluding a decoding unit/step of decoding an LDPC code obtained fromdata transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the transmissionapparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC coding based on acheck matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and acode rate r of 10/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bitsand parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix sectioncorresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix sectioncorresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section isrepresented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrixinitial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 inthe information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the tableincluding

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In the third reception apparatus/method, the LDPC code obtained from thedata transmitted from the transmission apparatus is decoded, thetransmission apparatus including the coding unit performing the LDPCcoding based on the check matrix of the LDPC code with the code length Nof 69120 bits and the code rate r of 10/16, in which the LDPC codeincludes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including

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The present technique provides a fourth transmission apparatus/methodincluding a coding unit/step of performing LDPC coding based on a checkmatrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a coderate r of 10/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits andparity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix sectioncorresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix sectioncorresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section isrepresented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrixinitial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 inthe information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the tableincluding

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In the fourth transmission apparatus/method, the LDPC coding isperformed based on the check matrix of the LDPC code with the codelength N of 69120 bits and the code rate r of 10/16. The LDPC codeincludes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including

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The present technique provides a fourth reception apparatus/methodincluding a decoding unit/step of decoding an LDPC code obtained fromdata transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the transmissionapparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC coding based on acheck matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and acode rate r of 10/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bitsand parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix sectioncorresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix sectioncorresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section isrepresented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrixinitial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 inthe information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the tableincluding

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In the fourth reception apparatus/method, the LDPC code obtained fromthe data transmitted from the transmission apparatus is decoded, thetransmission apparatus including the coding unit performing the LDPCcoding based on the check matrix of the LDPC code with the code length Nof 69120 bits and the code rate r of 10/16, in which the LDPC codeincludes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including

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Note that the transmission apparatus and the reception apparatus may beindependent apparatuses or may be internal blocks of one apparatus.

Advantageous Effect of Invention

According to the present technique, favorable communication quality canbe ensured in data transmission using an LDPC code.

Note that the advantageous effect described here may not be limited, andthe advantageous effect may be any of the advantageous effects describedin the present disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram describing a check matrix H of an LDPC code.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart describing a decoding procedure of the LDPC code.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a check matrix of theLDPC code.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Tanner graph of thecheck matrix.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a variable node.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a check node.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of anembodiment of a transmission system to which the present technique isapplied.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of atransmission apparatus 11.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a bitinterleaver 116.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a check matrix.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity matrix.

FIG. 12 is a diagram describing a check matrix of an LDPC code definedin a standard of DVB-T.2.

FIG. 13 is a diagram describing the check matrix of the LDPC codedefined in the standard of DVB-T.2.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Tanner graph regardingdecoding of the LDPC code.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity matrix H_(T) ina dual diagonal structure and a Tanner graph corresponding to the paritymatrix H_(T).

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity matrix H_(T)of the check matrix H corresponding to the LDPC code after parityinterleaving.

FIG. 17 is a flow chart describing an example of a process executed bythe bit interleaver 116 and a mapper 117.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of anLDPC encoder 115.

FIG. 19 is a flow chart describing an example of a process of the LDPCencoder 115.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of a check matrix initialvalue table with a code rate of 1/4 and a code length of 16200.

FIG. 21 is a diagram describing a method of obtaining the check matrix Hfrom the check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a structure of the check matrix.

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table.

FIG. 24 is a diagram describing a matrix A generated from the checkmatrix initial value table.

FIG. 25 is a diagram describing parity interleaving of a matrix B.

FIG. 26 is a diagram describing a matrix C generated from the checkmatrix initial value table.

FIG. 27 is a diagram describing parity interleaving of a matrix D.

FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating a check matrix after applying, to thecheck matrix, column permutation as parity deinterleaving fordeinterleaving of the parity interleaving.

FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating a transformed check matrix obtained byapplying row permutation to the check matrix.

FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table of a type A code with N=69120 bits and r=2/16.

FIG. 31 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=3/16.

FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=3/16.

FIG. 33 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=4/16.

FIG. 34 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=5/16.

FIG. 35 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=5/16.

FIG. 36 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=6/16.

FIG. 37 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=6/16.

FIG. 38 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 39 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 40 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 41 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 42 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table of a type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 43 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 44 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 45 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 46 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 47 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 48 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 49 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 50 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 51 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 52 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 53 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 54 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 55 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 56 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 57 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 58 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 59 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 60 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 61 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 62 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 63 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 64 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 65 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 66 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 67 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 68 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 69 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 70 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 71 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 72 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 73 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 74 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 75 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 76 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 77 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 78 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 79 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 80 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 81 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 82 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 83 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 84 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 85 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrixinitial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 86 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Tanner graph of anensemble of a degree sequence with a column weight of 3 and a row weightof 6.

FIG. 87 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Tanner graph of amulti-edge type ensemble.

FIG. 88 is a diagram describing a check matrix of a type A system.

FIG. 89 is a diagram describing the check matrix of the type A system.

FIG. 90 is a diagram describing a check matrix of a type B system.

FIG. 91 is a diagram describing the check matrix of the type B system.

FIG. 92 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation usingthe type A code with N=69120 bits and r=2/16.

FIG. 93 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=2/16.

FIG. 94 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation usingthe type A code with N=69120 bits and r=3/16.

FIG. 95 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=3/16.

FIG. 96 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation usingthe type A code with N=69120 bits and r=4/16.

FIG. 97 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=4/16.

FIG. 98 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation usingthe type A code with N=69120 bits and r=5/16.

FIG. 99 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=5/16.

FIG. 100 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulationusing the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=6/16.

FIG. 101 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=6/16.

FIG. 102 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulationusing the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 103 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 104 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulationusing the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 105 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 106 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulationusing the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 107 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 108 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulationusing another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 109 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 110 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulationusing the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 111 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 112 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulationusing another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 113 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 114 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulationusing the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 115 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 116 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulationusing another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 117 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 118 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulationusing the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 119 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 120 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulationusing another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 121 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 122 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulationusing the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 123 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 124 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulationusing another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 125 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 126 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulationusing the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 127 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 128 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulationusing another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 129 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 130 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulationusing the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 131 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 132 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulationusing another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 133 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 134 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulationusing the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 135 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 136 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulationusing another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 137 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulationusing another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 138 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinates ofconstellation points of UC in a case where a modulation system is QPSK.

FIG. 139 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinates ofconstellation points of 2D NUC in a case where the modulation system is16QAM.

FIG. 140 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinates ofconstellation points of 1D NUC in a case where the modulation system is1024QAM.

FIG. 141 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a symbol y of1024QAM and a real part Re(z_(s)) as well as an imaginary part Im(z_(s))of a complex number representing coordinates of a constellation pointz_(s) of 1D NUC corresponding to the symbol y.

FIG. 142 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of ablock interleaver 25.

FIG. 143 is a diagram describing block interleaving performed in theblock interleaver 25.

FIG. 144 is a diagram describing group-wise interleaving performed in agroup-wise interleaver 24.

FIG. 145 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of areception apparatus 12.

FIG. 146 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of abit deinterleaver 165.

FIG. 147 is a flow chart describing an example of a process executed bya demapper 164, a bit deinterleaver 165, and an LDPC decoder 166.

FIG. 148 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix of theLDPC code.

FIG. 149 is a diagram illustrating an example of a matrix (transformedcheck matrix) obtained by applying row permutation and columnpermutation to the check matrix.

FIG. 150 is a diagram illustrating an example of the transformed checkmatrix divided into 5×5 units.

FIG. 151 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of adecoding apparatus that performs node computation for P times all atonce.

FIG. 152 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of theLDPC decoder 166.

FIG. 153 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of ablock deinterleaver 54.

FIG. 154 is a block diagram illustrating another configuration exampleof the bit deinterleaver 165.

FIG. 155 is a block diagram illustrating a first configuration exampleof a reception system to which the reception apparatus 12 can beapplied.

FIG. 156 is a block diagram illustrating a second configuration exampleof the reception system to which the reception apparatus 12 can beapplied.

FIG. 157 is a block diagram illustrating a third configuration exampleof the reception system to which the reception apparatus 12 can beapplied.

FIG. 158 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of anembodiment of a computer to which the present technique is applied.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present technique will be described, andbefore the description, an LDPC code will be described.

<LDPC Code>

Note that the LDPC code is a linear code. Although the LDPC code may notbe dual, the LDPC code is dual in the description here.

The biggest feature of the LDPC code is that the check matrix (paritycheck matrix) defining the LDPC code is sparse. Here, the sparse matrixis a matrix in which the number of elements of “1” in the matrix issignificantly small (matrix in which most elements are 0).

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a check matrix H of theLDPC code.

In the check matrix H of FIG. 1, the weight of each column (columnweight) (the number of elements of “1”) is “3,” and the weight of eachrow (row weight) is “6.”

In the coding based on the LDPC code (LDPC coding), for example, agenerator matrix G is generated based on the check matrix H, and dualinformation bits are multiplied by the generator matrix G to generate acode word (LDPC code).

Specifically, a coding apparatus that performs the LDPC coding firstcalculates the generator matrix G such that an equation GH^(T)=0 holdsbetween the generator matrix G and a transposed matrix H^(T) of thecheck matrix H. Here, in a case where the generator matrix G is a K×Nmatrix, the coding apparatus multiplies the generator matrix G by a bitsequence (vector u) of information bits including K bits to generate acode word c (=uG) including N bits. The code word (LDPC code) generatedby the coding apparatus is received on the reception side through apredetermined communication channel.

Decoding of the LDPC code can be performed by using a message passingalgorithm that is an algorithm named probabilistic decoding proposed byGallager. The algorithm includes variable nodes (also called messagenodes) and check nodes, and the algorithm is based on belief propagationon a so-called Tanner graph. Here, the variable nodes and the checknodes will also be simply referred to as nodes as necessary.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a procedure of decoding the LDPCcode.

Note that an actual value (reception LLR) expressing a log likelihoodratio representing the likelihood that the value of an ith code bit ofthe LDPC code (1 code word) received on the reception side is “0” willalso be referred to as a reception value u_(0i) as necessary. Inaddition, the message output from the check node will be defined asu_(j), and the message output from the variable node will be defined asv_(i).

First, in the decoding of the LDPC code, the LDPC code is received instep S11 as illustrated in FIG. 2. The message (check node message)u_(j) is initialized to “0,” and a variable k that is an integer andthat is a counter of a repeated process is initialized to “0.” Theprocess proceeds to step S12. In step S12, computation (variable nodecomputation) indicated in Equation (1) is performed based on thereception value u_(0i) obtained by receiving the LDPC code, and themessage (variable node message) v_(i) is obtained. Furthermore,computation (check node computation) indicated in Equation (2) isperformed based on the message v_(i) to obtain the message u_(j)

$\begin{matrix}\left\lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 1} \right\rbrack & \; \\{v_{i} = {u_{0\; i} + {\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{d_{v} - 1}\; u_{j}}}} & (1) \\\left\lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 2} \right\rbrack & \; \\{{\tanh \left( \frac{u_{j}}{2} \right)} = {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}\; {\tanh \left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)}}} & (2)\end{matrix}$

Here, d_(v) and d_(c) in Equation (1) and Equation (2) are parametersindicating the numbers of “1” in the vertical direction (column) and thehorizontal direction (row) of the check matrix H, respectively, and theparameters can be arbitrarily selected. For example, d_(v)=3 and d_(c)=6are set in the case of the LDPC code ((3,6) LDPC code) for the checkmatrix H with the column weight of 3 and the row weight of 6 asillustrated in FIG. 1.

Note that in each of the variable node computation of Equation (1) andthe check node computation of (2), a message input from an edge foroutputting the message (line connecting the variable node and the checknode) is not the target of computation, and the computation range is 1to d_(v)−1 or 1 to d_(c)−1. In addition, to actually perform the checknode computation of Equation (2), a table of functions R(v₁,v₂)indicated in Equation (3) defined by 1 output for 2 inputs v₁ and v₂ iscreated in advance, and the table is continuously (recursively) used asindicated in Equation (4).

[Math. 3]

x=2 tanh⁻¹ {tanh(v ₁/2)tanh(v ₂/2)}=R(v ₁ ,v ₂)   (3)

[Math. 4]

u _(j)=(v ₁ ,R(v ₂ ,R(v ₃ , . . . R(v _(d) _(c) ₋₂ ,v _(d) _(c) ₋₁)))  (4)

In step S12, the variable k is further incremented by “1,” and theprocess proceeds to step S13. In step S13, whether the variable k isgreater than predetermined iterations C of decoding is determined. If itis determined that the variable k is not greater than C in step S13, theprocess returns to step S12, and similar processing is repeated.

In addition, if it is determined that the variable k is greater than Cin step S13, the process proceeds to step S14, and computation indicatedin Equation (5) is performed to obtain the message v_(i) as a decodingresult to be finally output. The message v_(i) is output, and thedecoding process of the LDPC code ends.

$\begin{matrix}\left\lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 5} \right\rbrack & \; \\{v_{i} = {u_{0\; i} + {\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{d_{v}}\; u_{j}}}} & (5)\end{matrix}$

Here, unlike the variable node computation of Equation (1), the messagesu_(j) from all of the edges connected to the variable nodes are used toperform the computation of Equation (5).

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix H of the(3,6) LDPC code (code rate 1/2, code length 12).

In the check matrix H of FIG. 3, the weight of the column is 3, and theweight of the row is 6 as in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a Tanner graph of the check matrix H ofFIG. 3.

Here, plus “+” represents the check node, and equal “=” represents thevariable node in FIG. 4. The check nodes and the variable nodescorrespond to the rows and the columns of the check matrix H,respectively. The connections between the check nodes and the variablenodes are edges, and the edges are equivalent to the elements of “1” inthe check matrix.

That is, in a case where the element of a jth row and an ith column inthe check matrix is 1, an ith variable node (node of “=”) from the topand a jth check node (node of “+”) from the top are connected by theedge as illustrated in FIG. 4. The edge indicates that the code bitcorresponding to the variable node has a constraint conditioncorresponding to the check node.

The variable node computation and the check node computation arerepeated in a sum product algorithm that is a decoding method of theLDPC code.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the variable node computation performedin the variable node.

In the variable node, the message v_(i) corresponding to the edge to becalculated is obtained by the variable node computation of Equation (1)using messages u₁ and u₂ from the remaining edges connected to thevariable node and using the reception value u_(0i). The messagescorresponding to the other edges are similarly obtained.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the check node computation performed inthe check node.

Here, the check node computation of Equation (2) can be rewritten asEquation (6) by using a relationship of an equationaΔb=exp{ln(|a|)+ln(|b|)}×sign(a)×sign(b). Here, sign (x) is 1 in a caseof x≥0 and is −1 in a case of x<0.

$\begin{matrix}\left\lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 6} \right\rbrack & \; \\\begin{matrix}{u_{j} = {2{\tanh^{- 1}\left( {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{\tanh \left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)}} \right)}}} \\{= {2{\tanh^{- 1}\left\lbrack {{\exp\left( {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{\ln \left( {{\tanh \left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)}} \right)}} \right\}} \times {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{{sign}\left( {\tanh \left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)} \right)}}} \right\rbrack}}} \\{= {2{\tanh^{- 1}\left\lbrack {\exp \left\{ {- \left( {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{- {\ln \left( {\tanh \left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)} \right)}}} \right)} \right\}} \right\rbrack} \times {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{{sign}\left( v_{i} \right)}}}}\end{matrix} & (6)\end{matrix}$

In the case of x≥0, an equation φ⁻¹(x)=2 tanh⁻¹(e^(−x)) holds when afunction φ(x) is defined by an equation φ(x)=ln(tanh(x/2)), and Equation(6) can be modified to Equation (7).

$\begin{matrix}\left\lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 7} \right\rbrack & \; \\{u_{j} = {{\varphi^{- 1}\left( {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{\varphi \left( {v_{i}} \right)}} \right)} \times {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{{sign}\left( v_{i} \right)}}}} & (7)\end{matrix}$

In the check node, the check node computation of Equation (2) isperformed according to Equation (7).

That is, in the check node, the message u_(j) corresponding to the edgeto be calculated is obtained by the check node computation of Equation(7) using messages v₁, v₂, v₃, v₄, and v₅ from the remaining edgesconnected to the check node as illustrated in FIG. 6. The messagescorresponding to the other edges are similarly obtained.

Note that the function φ(x) of Equation (7) can be expressed by anequation φ(x)=ln((e^(x)+1)/(e^(x)−1)), and φ(x)=φ⁻¹(x) holds when x>0.An LUT (Look Up Table) is used to implement the functions φ(x) andφ⁻¹(x) on hardware in some cases, and the same LUT is used for both ofthe functions.

<Configuration Example of Transmission System to which the PresentTechnique is Applied>

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of anembodiment of a transmission system to which the present technique isapplied (system is a logical set of a plurality of apparatuses, andwhether the apparatuses of each configuration are in the same housingdoes not matter).

In FIG. 7, the transmission system includes a transmission apparatus 11and a reception apparatus 12.

The transmission apparatus 11 transmits (broadcasts) (transfers) aprogram and the like of television broadcasting, for example. That is,for example, the transmission apparatus 11 encodes target data to betransmitted, such as image data and voice data of a program, into anLDPC code and transmits the LDPC code through a communication channel13, such as a satellite line, a ground wave, and a cable (wire line).

The reception apparatus 12 receives the LDPC code transmitted from thetransmission apparatus 11 through the communication channel 13. Thereception apparatus 12 decodes the LDPC code into the target data andoutputs the target data.

Here, it is known that the LDPC code used in the transmission system ofFIG. 7 exhibits significantly high capability in an AWGN (Additive WhiteGaussian Noise) communication channel.

On the other hand, a burst error or erasure may occur in thecommunication channel 13. For example, particularly in a case where thecommunication channel 13 is a ground wave, the power of a specificsymbol may become 0 (erasure) according to a delay of echo (path otherthan the main path) in a multi-path environment in which the D/U(Desired to Undesired Ratio) is 0 db (the power of “Undesired=echo” isequal to the power of “Desired=main path”) in an OFDM (OrthogonalFrequency Division Multiplexing) system.

Furthermore, in flutter (communication channel with echo, in which thedelay is 0, and the doppler frequency is applied), the power of theentire symbols of OFDM at specific time may become 0 (erasure) due tothe doppler frequency in the case where the D/U is 0 dB.

In addition, a burst error may occur depending on the conditions ofwiring from a reception unit (not illustrated) on the receptionapparatus 12 side, such as an antenna that receives a signal from thetransmission apparatus 11, to the reception apparatus 12 or depending onthe instability of the power source of the reception apparatus 12.

On the other hand, in the decoding of the LDPC code, the variable nodecomputation of Equation (1) involving the addition of the code bit(reception value u_(0i)) of the LDPC code is performed as illustrated inFIG. 5 in the variable node corresponding to the column of the checkmatrix H and corresponding to the code bit of the LDPC code. Therefore,if there is an error in the code bit used for the variable nodecomputation, the accuracy of the obtained message is reduced.

Furthermore, in the decoding of the LDPC code, the message obtained bythe variable node connected to the check node is used to perform thecheck node computation of Equation (7) in the check node. Therefore, anincrease in the number of check nodes with simultaneous errors(including erasure) in the plurality of connected variable nodes (codebits of LDPC code corresponding to the variable nodes) degrades theperformance of decoding.

That is, for example, if there is erasure at the same time in two ormore variable nodes connected to the check node, the check node returns,to all of the variable nodes, messages in which the probability that thevalue is 0 and the probability that the value is 1 are equal. In thiscase, the check node returning the messages of equal probability doesnot contribute to one decoding process (one set of variable nodecomputation and check node computation). As a result, the decodingprocess has to be repeated for a large number of times. This degradesthe performance of decoding and increases the power consumption of thereception apparatus 12 that decodes the LDPC code.

Therefore, the transmission system of FIG. 7 can improve the tolerancefor the burst error and the erasure while maintaining the performance inthe AWGN communication channel (AWGN channel).

<Configuration Example of Transmission Apparatus 11>

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of thetransmission apparatus 11 of FIG. 7.

In the transmission apparatus 11, one or more input streams as targetdata are supplied to a mode adaptation/multiplexer 111.

The mode adaptation/multiplexer 111 executes a process, such asselecting a mode and multiplexing one or more input streams supplied tothe mode adaptation/multiplexer 111, as necessary and supplies dataobtained as a result of the process to a padder 112.

The padder 112 applies necessary zero padding (insertion of Null) to thedata from the mode adaptation/multiplexer 111 and supplies data obtainedas a result of the zero padding to a BB scrambler 113.

The BB scrambler 113 applies BB scrambling (Base-Band Scrambling) to thedata from the padder 112 and supplies data as a result of the BBscrambling to a BCH encoder 114.

The BCH encoder 114 applies BCH coding to the data from the BB scrambler113 and supplies, as LDPC target data that is a target of LDPC coding,the data obtained as a result of the BCH coding to an LDPC encoder 115.

The LDPC encoder 115 applies LDPC coding to the LDPC target data fromthe BCH encoder 114 according to, for example, a check matrix in whichthe parity matrix as a part corresponding to the parity bits of the LDPCcode has a dual diagonal structure. The LDPC encoder 115 outputs an LDPCcode including information bits of the LDPC target data.

That is, the LDPC encoder 115 performs LDPC coding for encoding the LDPCtarget data into an LDPC code (corresponding to the check matrix)defined in a predetermined standard, such as DVB-S.2, DVB-T.2, DVB-C.2,and ATSC3.0, or into other LDPC codes and outputs the LDPC code obtainedas a result of the LDPC coding.

Here, the LDPC code defined in the standard of DVB-S.2 or ATSC3.0 or theLDPC code to be adopted in ATSC3.0 is an IRA (Irregular RepeatAccumulate) code, and the parity matrix (part or all of the paritymatrix) in the check matrix of the LDPC code has a dual diagonalstructure. The parity matrix and the dual diagonal structure will bedescribed later. In addition, the IRA code is described in, for example,“Irregular Repeat-Accumulate Codes,” H. Jin, A. Khandekar, and R. J.McEliece, in Proceedings of 2nd International Symposium on Turbo codesand Related Topics, pp. 1-8, Sep. 2000.

The LDPC code output by the LDPC encoder 115 is supplied to a bitinterleaver 116.

The bit interleaver 116 applies bit interleaving described later to theLDPC code from the LDPC encoder 115 and supplies the LDPC code after thebit interleaving to a mapper 117.

The mapper 117 performs quadrature modulation (multi-level modulation)by mapping the LDPC code from the bit interleaver 116 on constellationpoints representing one symbol of quadrature modulation, on the basis ofone or more code bits (on the basis of symbols) of the LDPC code.

That is, the mapper 117 performs quadrature modulation by mapping theLDPC code from the bit interleaver 116 on the constellation points,which are defined in a modulation system for performing the quadraturemodulation of the LDPC code, on an IQ plane (IQ constellation) definedby an I axis representing I components in phase with the carrier waveand an Q axis representing Q components orthogonal to the carrier wave.

In a case where the number of constellation points defined in themodulation system of the quadrature modulation performed by the mapper117 is 2^(m), m code bits of the LDPC code are set as a symbol (1symbol), and the mapper 117 maps, on the basis of symbols, the LDPCcodes from the bit interleaver 116 on the constellation pointsrepresenting the symbols among the 2^(m) constellation points.

Here, examples of the modulation system of the quadrature modulationperformed by the mapper 117 include a modulation system defined in astandard, such as DVB-S.2 and ATSC3.0, and other modulation systems,such as BPSK (Binary Phase Shift Keying), QPSK (Quadrature Phase ShiftKeying), 8PSK (Phase-Shift Keying), 16APSK (Amplitude Phase-ShiftKeying), 32APSK, 16QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation), 16QAM, 64QAM,256QAM, 1024QAM, 4096QAM, and 4PAM (Pulse Amplitude Modulation). Whichone of the modulation systems is to be used by the mapper 117 to performthe quadrature modulation is set in advance according to, for example,operation by an operator of the transmission apparatus 11.

The data obtained in the process of the mapper 117 (mapping result ofmapping the symbol on the constellation points) is supplied to a timeinterleaver 118.

The time interleaver 118 applies time interleaving (interleaving in thetime direction) to the data from the mapper 117 on the basis of symbolsand supplies data obtained as a result of the time interleaving to aSISO/MISO (Single Input Single Output/Multiple Input Single Output)encoder 119.

The SISO/MISO encoder 119 applies space-time coding to the data from thetime interleaver 118 and supplies the data to a frequency interleaver120.

The frequency interleaver 120 applies frequency interleaving(interleaving in the frequency direction) to the data from the SISO/MISOencoder 119 on the basis of symbols and supplies the data to a framebuilder & resource allocation unit 131.

On the other hand, control data (signalling) for transmission control,such as BB signalling (Base Band Signalling) (BB Header), is supplied toa BCH encoder 121.

The BCH encoder 121 applies BCH coding to the control data supplied tothe BCH encoder 121 similarly to the BCH encoder 114 and supplies dataobtained as a result of the BCH coding to an LDPC encoder 122.

The LDPC encoder 122 sets the data from the BCH encoder 121 as LDPCtarget data and applies LDPC coding to the LDPC target data similarly tothe LDPC encoder 115. The LDPC encoder 122 supplies an LDPC codeobtained as a result of the LDPC coding to a mapper 123.

The mapper 123 performs quadrature modulation by mapping the LDPC codefrom the LDPC encoder 122 on the constellation points representing onesymbol of the quadrature modulation, on the basis of one or more codebits (on the basis of symbols) of the LDPC code, similarly to the mapper117. The mapper 123 supplies data obtained as a result of the quadraturemodulation to a frequency interleaver 124.

The frequency interleaver 124 applies frequency interleaving to the datafrom the mapper 123 on the basis of symbols similarly to the frequencyinterleaver 120 and supplies the data to the frame builder & resourceallocation unit 131.

The frame builder & resource allocation unit 131 inserts pilot symbolsat necessary positions of the data (symbols) from the frequencyinterleavers 120 and 124. The frame builder & resource allocation unit131 forms frames (such as PL (Physical Layer) frame, T2 frame, and C2frame) including a predetermined number of symbols based on the data(symbols) obtained as a result of the insertion and supplies the framesto an OFDM generation unit 132.

The OFDM generation unit 132 uses the frames from the frame builder &resource allocation unit 131 to generate an OFDM signal corresponding tothe frames and transmits the OFDM signal to the communication channel 13(FIG. 7).

Note that the transmission apparatus 11 may not be provided with part ofthe blocks illustrated in FIG. 8, such as the time interleaver 118, theSISO/MISO encoder 119, the frequency interleaver 120, and the frequencyinterleaver 124.

<Configuration Example of Bit Interleaver 116>

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of thebit interleaver 116 of FIG. 8.

The bit interleaver 116 has a function of interleaving data and includesa parity interleaver 23, a group-wise interleaver 24, and a blockinterleaver 25.

The parity interleaver 23 performs parity interleaving for interleavingthe parity bit of the LDPC code from the LDPC encoder 115 at a positionof another parity bit and supplies the LDPC code after the parityinterleaving to the group-wise interleaver 24.

The group-wise interleaver 24 applies group-wise interleaving to theLDPC code from the parity interleaver 23 and supplies the LDPC codeafter the group-wise interleaving to the block interleaver 25.

Here, in the group-wise interleaving, the LDPC code equivalent to 1 codeis divided from the top into 360-bit units according to a unit size Pdescribed later. 360 bits of 1 division are set as a bit group, and theLDPC code from the parity interleaver 23 is interleaved on the basis ofbit groups.

In the case of performing the group-wise interleaving, the error ratecan be improved compared to the case without the group-wiseinterleaving, and as a result, favorable communication quality can beensured in the data transmission.

The block interleaver 25 performs block interleaving for demultiplexingthe LDPC code from the group-wise interleaver 24 to symbolize, forexample, the LDPC code equivalent to 1 code into a symbol of m bits thatis a unit of mapping. The block interleaver 25 supplies the symbol tothe mapper 117 (FIG. 8).

Here, in the block interleaving, for example, columns as storage areasfor storing a predetermined number of bits in a column (vertical)direction are arranged in a row (horizontal) direction, and the numberof columns is equal to the number of bits m of the symbol. The LDPC codefrom the group-wise interleaver 24 is written in the column direction tothe storage areas and read in the row direction from the storage areasto symbolize the LDPC code into a symbol of m bits.

<Check Matrix of LDPC Code>

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix H usedfor the LDPC coding in the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8.

The check matrix H has an LDGM (Low-Density Generation Matrix)structure, and an information matrix H_(A) as a part corresponding tothe information bits and a parity matrix H_(T) corresponding to theparity bits of the code bits of the LDPC code can be used to express thecheck matrix H by an equation H=[H_(A)|H_(T)] (matrix including elementsof the information matrix H_(A) as elements on the left side andelements of the parity matrix H_(T) as elements on the right side).

Here, the number of bits of the information bits and the number of bitsof the parity bits in the code bits of the LDPC code of 1 code (1 codeword) will be referred to as an information length K and a parity lengthM, respectively. The number of bits of the code bits of 1 LDPC code (1code word) will be referred to as a code length N(=K+M).

The information length K and the parity length M of the LDPC code with acertain code length N are determined by the code rate. In addition, thecheck matrix H is a matrix in which rows x columns is M×N (matrix with Mrows and N columns). Furthermore, the information matrix H_(A) is amatrix of M×K, and the parity matrix H_(T) is a matrix of M×M.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity matrix H_(T)of the check matrix H used for the LDPC coding in the LDPC encoder 115of FIG. 8.

The parity matrix H_(T) of the check matrix H used for the LDPC codingin the LDPC encoder 115 can be, for example, a parity matrix H_(T)similar to that of the check matrix H of the LDPC code defined in astandard such as DVB-T.2.

The parity matrix H_(T) of the check matrix H of the LDPC code definedin the standard, such as DVB-T.2, is a matrix with a so-called dualdiagonal structure (lower bidiagonal matrix) in which elements of 1 arearranged in a dual diagonal format as illustrated in FIG. 11. The rowweight of the parity matrix H_(T) is 1 for the first row and is 2 forall of the remaining rows. In addition, the column weight is 1 for thelast one column and is 2 for all of the remaining columns.

In this way, the LDPC code of the check matrix H with the parity matrixH_(T) in the dual diagonal structure can be easily generated by usingthe check matrix H.

More specifically, the LDPC code (1 code word) will be expressed by arow vector c, and a column vector obtained by transposing the row vectorwill be defined as c^(T). In addition, a part of the information bits inthe row vector c that is the LDPC code will be expressed by a row vectorA, and a part of the parity bits will be expressed by a row vector T.

In this case, the row vector A as information bits and the row vector Tas parity bits can be used to express the row vector c by an equationc=[A|T] (row vector including elements of the row vector A as elementson the left side and elements of the row vector T as elements on theright side).

The check matrix H and the row vector c=[A|T] as the LDPC code need tosatisfy an equation Hc^(T)=0. The row vector T as parity bits includedin the row vector c=[A|T] satisfying the equation Hc^(T)=0 can besuccessively (sequentially) obtained by setting the element of each rowto 0 in order from the element of the first row in the column vectorHc^(T) in the equation Hc^(T)=0 in the case where the parity matrixH_(T) of the check matrix H=[H_(A)|H_(T)] has the dual diagonalstructure illustrated in FIG. 11.

FIG. 12 is a diagram describing the check matrix H of the LDPC codedefined in the standard such as DVB-T.2.

The column weight of KX columns from the first column of the checkmatrix H of the LDPC code defined in the standard, such as DVB-T.2, isX. The column weight of the following K3 columns is 3, and the columnweight of the following M−1 columns is 2. The column weight of the lastone column is 1.

Here, KX+K3+M−1+1 is equal to the code length N.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating the numbers of columns KX, K3, and Mand a column weight X for each code rate r of the LDPC code defined inthe standard such as DVB-T.2.

In the standard such as DVB-T.2, the LDPC codes with code lengths N of64800 bits and 16200 bits are defined.

In addition, eleven code rates (nominal rates) 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5,2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, and 9/10 are defined for the LDPC code withcode length N of 64800 bits, and ten code rates 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5,2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, and 8/9 are defined for the LDPC code with codelength N of 16200 bits.

Here, the code length N of 64800 bits will also be referred to as 64 kbits, and the code length N of 16200 bits will also be referred to as 16k bits.

The error rate of the LDPC code tends to be lower in the code bitscorresponding to the columns with larger column weights of the checkmatrix H.

In the check matrix H defined in the standard, such as DVB-T.2,illustrated in FIGS. 12 and 13, the column weight tends to be larger inthe columns closer to the top (left side). Therefore, in the LDPC codecorresponding to the check matrix H, the code bits closer to the toptend to be resistant to errors (resilient to errors), and the code bitscloser to the end tend to be susceptible to errors.

<Parity Interleaving>

The parity interleaving of the parity interleaver 23 in FIG. 9 will bedescribed with reference to FIGS. 14 to 16.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Tanner graph (part ofTanner graph) of the check matrix in the LDPC code.

As illustrated in FIG. 14, when there are errors, such as erasure, atthe same time in a plurality of, such as two, variable nodes (code bitscorresponding to the variable nodes) connected to the check node, thecheck node returns, to all of the variable nodes connected to the checknode, messages in which the probability that the value is 0 and theprobability that the value is 1 are equal. Therefore, when there iserasure or the like at the same time in a plurality of variable nodesconnected to the same check node, the performance of decoding isdegraded.

Incidentally, the LDPC code output by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8 isan IRA code as in the LDPC code defined in the standard, such asDVB-T.2, and the parity matrix H_(T) of the check matrix H has a dualdiagonal structure as illustrated in FIG. 11.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity matrix H_(T)in the dual diagonal structure as illustrated in FIG. 11 and a Tannergraph corresponding to the parity matrix H_(T).

A of FIG. 15 illustrates an example of the parity matrix H_(T) in thedual diagonal structure, and B of FIG. 15 illustrates the Tanner graphcorresponding to the parity matrix H_(T) in A of FIG. 15.

In the parity matrix H_(T) in the dual diagonal structure, the elementsof 1 are adjacent to each other in each row (except for the first row).Therefore, in the Tanner graph of the parity matrix H_(T), two adjacentvariable nodes corresponding to the columns of two adjacent elements inwhich the value of the parity matrix H_(T) is 1 are connected to thesame check node.

Therefore, when there are errors at the same time in the parity bitscorresponding to the two adjacent variable nodes due to burst errors,erasure, or the like, the check node connected to the two variable nodescorresponding to the two parity bits with errors (variable nodes thatuse the parity bits to obtain messages) returns, to the variable nodesconnected to the check node, messages in which the probability that thevalue is 0 and the probability that the value is 1 are equal. Therefore,the performance of decoding is degraded. In addition, an increase in theburst length (the number of bits of the parity bits with consecutiveerrors) increases the check nodes that return the messages of equalprobability, and the performance of decoding is further degraded.

Therefore, the parity interleaver 23 (FIG. 9) performs parityinterleaving for interleaving the parity bits of the LDPC code from theLDPC encoder 115 at positions of other parity bits to prevent thedegradation in the performance of decoding.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating the parity matrix H_(T) of the checkmatrix H corresponding to the LDPC code after the parity interleavingperformed by the parity interleaver 23 of FIG. 9.

Here, the information matrix H_(A) of the check matrix H correspondingto the LDPC code output by the LDPC encoder 115 has a cyclic structure,similar to the information matrix of the check matrix H corresponding tothe LDPC code defined in the standard such as DVB-T.2.

The cyclic structure is a structure in which a column coincides with acolumn after cyclic shift of another column. For example, the cyclicstructure includes a structure in which cyclic shifting in the columndirection is applied to every P columns, and the positions of 1 in therows of the P columns are at positions after the cyclic shift such thatthe first column of the P columns is shifted by a predetermined value,such as a value in proportion to a value q obtained by dividing theparity length M. Hereinafter, the P columns in the cyclic structure willbe appropriately referred to as a unit size.

There are two types of LDPC codes defined in the standard, such asDVB-T.2, that is, LDPC codes with the code lengths N of 64800 bits and16200 bits, as described in FIGS. 12 and 13. In both of the two types ofLDPC codes, the unit size P is set to 360 that is one of the divisors ofthe parity length M excluding 1 and M.

In addition, the parity length M is a value other than prime numbersexpressed by an equation M=g×P=q×360 using the value q that variesaccording to the code rate. Therefore, the value q is also one of thedivisors of the parity length M excluding 1 and M as in the unit size P,and the value q can be obtained by dividing the parity length M by theunit size P (product of P and q as divisors of the parity length M isthe parity length M).

The parity interleaver 23 performs parity interleaving of a (K+q×+y+1)thcode bit of the code bits of the LDPC code of N bits at the position ofa (K+Py+x+1)th code bit, where K represents the information length asdescribed above, x represents an integer equal to or greater than 0 andsmaller than P, and y represents an integer equal to or greater than 0and smaller than q.

Both the (K+qx+y+1)th code bit and the (K+Py+x+1)th code bit are codebits after a (K+1)th code bit, and the code bits are parity bits.Therefore, the parity interleaving moves the positions of the paritybits of the LDPC code.

According to the parity interleaving, the variable nodes (parity bitscorresponding to the variable nodes) connected to the same check nodeare separated by the unit size P, that is, 360 bits here. Therefore, thesituation that there are errors at the same time in a plurality ofvariable nodes connected to the same check node can be prevented in acase where the burst length is smaller than 360 bits. This can improvethe tolerance for burst errors.

Note that the LDPC code after the parity interleaving for interleavingthe (K+qx+y+1)th code bit at the position of the (K+Py+x+1)th code bitcoincides with the LDPC code of the check matrix (hereinafter, alsoreferred to as transformed check matrix) obtained by the columnpermutation for permuting a (K+qx+y+1)th column of the original checkmatrix H into a (K+Py+x+1)th column.

In addition, a quasi-cyclic structure on the basis of P columns (360columns in FIG. 16) appears in the parity matrix of the transformedcheck matrix as illustrated in FIG. 16.

Here, the quasi-cyclic structure denotes a structure in which all partsexcept for some parts have the cyclic structure.

The transformed check matrix obtained by applying the column permutationequivalent to the parity interleaving to the check matrix of the LDPCcode defined in the standard, such as DVB-T.2, lacks one element of 1(element is 0) at part of 360 rows x 360 columns (shift matrix describedlater) on the upper right corner of the transformed check matrix. Inthat respect, the transformed check matrix does not have a (complete)cyclic structure, but has, so to speak, a quasi-cyclic structure.

The transformed check matrix of the check matrix of the LDPC code outputby the LDPC encoder 115 has a quasi-cyclic structure similar to, forexample, the transformed check matrix of the check matrix of the LDPCcode defined in the standard such as DVB-T.2.

Note that the transformed check matrix of FIG. 16 is a matrix in whichpermutation of rows (row permutation) is also applied to the originalcheck matrix H in addition to the column permutation equivalent to theparity interleaving such that the transformed check matrix includesconstituent matrices described later.

FIG. 17 is a flow chart describing a process executed by the LDPCencoder 115, the bit interleaver 116, and the mapper 117 of FIG. 8.

After the LDPC target data is supplied from the BCH encoder 114, theLDPC encoder 115 encodes the LDPC target data into the LDPC code in stepS101 and supplies the LDPC code to the bit interleaver 116. The processproceeds to step S102.

In step S102, the bit interleaver 116 applies bit interleaving to theLDPC code from the LDPC encoder 115 and supplies the symbol obtained bythe bit interleaving to the mapper 117. The process proceeds to stepS103.

That is, in step S102, the parity interleaver 23 in the bit interleaver116 (FIG. 9) applies parity interleaving to the LDPC code from the LDPCencoder 115 and supplies the LDPC code after the parity interleaving tothe group-wise interleaver 24.

The group-wise interleaver 24 applies group-wise interleaving to theLDPC code from the parity interleaver 23 and supplies the LDPC code tothe block interleaver 25.

The block interleaver 25 applies block interleaving to the LDPC codeafter the group-wise interleaving of the group-wise interleaver 24 andsupplies the symbol of m bits obtained as a result of the blockinterleaving to the mapper 117.

In step S103, the mapper 117 performs quadrature modulation by mappingthe symbol from the block interleaver 25 on one of 2^(m) constellationpoints defined in the modulation system of the quadrature modulationperformed by the mapper 117. The mapper 117 supplies the data obtainedas a result of the quadrature modulation to the time interleaver 118.

In this way, the parity interleaving and the group-wise interleaving canbe performed to improve the error rate in the case of transmitting theplurality of code bits of the LDPC code as one symbol.

Here, although the parity interleaver 23 as a block that performs theparity interleaving and the group-wise interleaver 24 as a block thatperforms the group-wise interleaving are separated in FIG. 9 for theconvenience of description, the parity interleaver 23 and the group-wiseinterleaver 24 can be integrated.

That is, both the parity interleaving and the group-wise interleavingcan be performed by writing and reading the code bits to and from thememory and can be expressed by a matrix for converting an address forwriting the code bit (write address) into an address for reading thecode bit (read address).

Therefore, a matrix obtained by multiplying a matrix representing theparity interleaving by a matrix representing the group-wise interleavingcan be provided. The matrices can be used to convert the code bits toperform the parity interleaving, and results of the group-wiseinterleaving of the LDPC code after the parity interleaving can befurther obtained.

Furthermore, the block interleaver 25 can also be integrated in additionto the parity interleaver 23 and the group-wise interleaver 24.

That is, the block interleaving performed by the block interleaver 25can also be expressed by a matrix for converting the write address ofthe memory for storing the LDPC code into the read address.

Therefore, a matrix obtained by multiplying the matrix representing theparity interleaving, the matrix representing the group-wiseinterleaving, and the matrix representing the block interleaving can beprovided. The matrices can be used to perform the parity interleaving,the group-wise interleaving, and the block interleaving all at once.

Note that one or both the parity interleaving and the group-wiseinterleaving may not be performed.

<Configuration Example of LDPC Encoder 115>

FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of theLDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8.

Note that the LDPC encoder 122 of FIG. 8 also has a similarconfiguration.

As described in FIGS. 12 and 13, the LDPC codes with two types of codelength N, that is, 64800 bits and 16200 bits, are defined in thestandard such as DVB-T.2.

Furthermore, eleven code rates 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5,5/6, 8/9, and 9/10 are defined for the LDPC code with code length N of64800 bits, and ten code rates 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5,5/6, and 8/9 are defined for the LDPC code with code length N of 16200bits (FIGS. 12 and 13).

The LDPC encoder 115 can use, for example, the LDPC code with codelength N of 64800 bits or 16200 bits at each code rate to performencoding (error correction coding) according to the check matrix Hprepared for each code length N and each code rate.

In addition, the LDPC encoder 115 can perform the LDPC coding accordingto the check matrix H of the LDPC code with an arbitrary code length Nat an arbitrary code rate r.

The LDPC encoder 115 includes a coding processing unit 601 and a storageunit 602.

The coding processing unit 601 includes a code rate setting unit 611, aninitial value table reading unit 612, a check matrix generation unit613, an information bit reading unit 614, a code parity computation unit615, and a control unit 616. The coding processing unit 601 applies LDPCcoding to the LDPC target data supplied to the LDPC encoder 115 andsupplies the LDPC code obtained as a result of the LDPC coding to thebit interleaver 116 (FIG. 8).

That is, the code rate setting unit 611 sets the code length N and thecode rate r of the LDPC code as well as other specification informationfor specifying the LDPC code according to, for example, operation of theoperator.

The initial value table reading unit 612 reads, from the storage unit602, a check matrix initial value table described later indicating thecheck matrix of the LDPC code specified in the specification informationset by the code rate setting unit 611.

The check matrix generation unit 613 generates the check matrix H basedon the check matrix initial value table read by the initial value tablereading unit 612 and stores the check matrix H in the storage unit 602.For example, the check matrix generation unit 613 arranges elements of 1in the information matrix H_(A), which corresponds to the informationlength K (=code length N−parity length M) according to the code length Nand the code rate r set by the code rate setting unit 611, in the columndirection at a period of 360 columns (unit size P) to generate the checkmatrix H and stores the check matrix H in the storage unit 602.

The information bit reading unit 614 reads (extracts) information bitsequivalent to the information length K from the LDPC target datasupplied to the LDPC encoder 115.

The code parity computation unit 615 reads the check matrix H generatedby the check matrix generation unit 613 from the storage unit 602 anduses the check matrix H to calculate parity bits for the informationbits read by the information bit reading unit 614 based on apredetermined equation to generate a code word (LDPC code).

The control unit 616 controls each block of the coding processing unit601.

The storage unit 602 stores, for example, a plurality of check matrixinitial value tables corresponding to the plurality of code rates andthe like illustrated in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 regarding each code lengthN, such as 64800 bits and 16200 bits. The storage unit 602 alsotemporarily stores data necessary for the process of the codingprocessing unit 601.

FIG. 19 is a flow chart describing an example of the process of the LDPCencoder 115 in FIG. 18.

In step S201, the code rate setting unit 611 sets the code length N andthe code rate r in the LDPC coding as well as other specificationinformation for specifying the LDPC code.

In step S202, the initial value table reading unit 612 reads, from thestorage unit 602, a preset check matrix initial value table specified bythe code length N, the code rate r, and the like as specificationinformation set by the code rate setting unit 611.

In step S203, the check matrix generation unit 613 uses the check matrixinitial value table read by the initial value table reading unit 612from the storage unit 602 to obtain (generate) the check matrix H of theLDPC code with the code length N and the code rate r set by the coderate setting unit 611 and supplies and stores the check matrix H in thestorage unit 602.

In step S204, the information bit reading unit 614 reads the informationbits with the information length K (=N×r) corresponding to the codelength N and the code rate r set by the code rate setting unit 611 fromthe LDPC target data supplied to the LDPC encoder 115 and reads thecheck matrix H obtained by the check matrix generation unit 613 from thestorage unit 602. The information bit reading unit 614 supplies theinformation bits and the check matrix H to the code parity computationunit 615.

In step S205, the code parity computation unit 615 uses the informationbits and the check matrix H from the information bit reading unit 614 tosequentially compute parity bits of the code word c satisfying Equation(8).

Hc ^(T)=0   (8)

In Equation (8), c represents the row vector as a code word (LDPC code),and c^(T) represents the transpose of the row vector c.

Here, as described above, the part of the information bits of the rowvector c as the LDPC code (1 code word) is expressed by the row vectorA, and the part of the parity bits is expressed by the row vector T. Inthis case, the row vector A as the information bits and the row vector Tas the parity bits can be used to express the row vector c by anequation c=[A|T].

The check matrix H and the row vector c=[A|T] as the LDPC code need tosatisfy an equation Hc^(T)=0. The row vector T as parity bits includedin the row vector c=[A|T] satisfying the equation Hc^(T)=0 can besuccessively obtained by setting the element of each row to 0 in orderfrom the element of the first row in the column vector Hc^(T) in theequation Hc^(T)=0 in the case where the parity matrix H_(T) of the checkmatrix H=[H_(A)|H_(T)] has the dual diagonal structure illustrated inFIG. 11.

The code parity computation unit 615 obtains parity bits T forinformation bits A from the information bit reading unit 614 and outputsa code word c=[A|T] represented by the information bits A and the paritybits T as an LDPC coding result of the information bits A.

Subsequently, the control unit 616 determines whether to end the LDPCcoding in step S206. If it is determined not to end the LDPC coding instep S206, that is, if, for example, there is still LDPC target data tobe applied with LDPC coding, the process returns to step S201 (or stepS204), and the process of steps S201 (or S204) to S206 is repeated.

In addition, if it is determined to end the LDPC coding in step S206,that is, if, for example, there is no LDPC target data to be appliedwith LDPC coding, the LDPC encoder 115 ends the process.

Check matrix initial value tables (representing check matrices) of LDPCcodes with various code lengths N and code rates r can be prepared forthe LDPC encoder 115. The LDPC encoder 115 can use the check matrices Hgenerated from the prepared check matrix initial value tables to applythe LDPC coding to the LDPC codes with various code lengths N and coderates r.

<Example of Check Matrix Initial Value Table>

The check matrix initial value table is, for example, a tableindicating, on the basis of 360 columns (unit size P), the positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix H_(A) (FIG. 10) of the checkmatrix H corresponding to the information length K according to the codelength N and the code rate r of the LDPC code (LDPC code defined by thecheck matrix H). The check matrix initial value table is created inadvance for each check matrix H with each code length N and each coderate r.

That is, the check matrix initial value table at least indicates thepositions of elements of 1 in the information matrix H_(A) on the basisof 360 columns (unit size P).

In addition, the check matrices H include a check matrix, in which theentire parity matrix H_(T) has the dual diagonal structure, and a checkmatrix, in which part of the parity matrix H_(T) has the dual diagonalstructure, and the remaining part is a diagonal matrix (identitymatrix).

Hereinafter, the expression system of the check matrix initial valuetable indicating the check matrix in which part of the parity matrixH_(T) has the dual diagonal structure, and the remaining part is thediagonal matrix will also be referred to as a type A system. Inaddition, the expression system of the check matrix initial value tableindicating the check matrix in which the entire parity matrix H_(T) hasthe dual diagonal structure will also be referred to as a type B system.

In addition, the LDPC code for the check matrix indicated by the checkmatrix initial value table of the type A system will also be referred toas a type A code, and the LDPC code for the check matrix indicated bythe check matrix initial value table of the type B system will also bereferred to as a type B code.

The names “type A” and “type B” are names compliant with the standard ofATSC3.0. For example, both the type A code and the type B code areadopted in ATSC3.0.

Note that the type B code is adopted in DVB-T.2 and the like.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table of the type B system.

That is, FIG. 20 illustrates a check matrix initial value table(indicating the check matrix H) of the type B code defined in thestandard of DVB-T.2, in which the code length N is 16200 bits, and thecode rate (code rate described in DVB-T.2) r is 1/4.

The check matrix generation unit 613 (FIG. 18) uses the check matrixinitial value table of the type B system to obtain the check matrix H asfollows.

FIG. 21 is a diagram describing a method of obtaining the check matrix Hfrom the check matrix initial value table of the type B system.

That is, FIG. 21 illustrates a check matrix initial value table of thetype B code defined in the standard of DVB-T.2, in which the code lengthN is 16200 bits, and the code rate r is 2/3.

The check matrix initial value table of the type B system is a tableindicating, on the basis of 360 columns (unit size P), the positions ofelements of 1 in the entire information matrix H_(A) corresponding tothe information length K according to the code length N and the coderate r of the LDPC code. In an ith row of the check matrix initial valuetable, the row numbers of elements of 1 in a (1+360×(i−1))th column ofthe check matrix H (row numbers in which the row numbers of the firstrow of the check matrix H are 0) are arranged, and the number of rownumbers is equivalent to the column weight of the (1+360×(i−1))thcolumn.

Here, the parity matrix H_(T) (FIG. 10) of the check matrix H of thetype B system corresponding to the parity length M has the dual diagonalstructure as illustrated in FIG. 15, and the check matrix H can beobtained if the check matrix initial value table can be used to obtainthe information matrix H_(A) (FIG. 10) corresponding to the informationlength K.

The number of rows k+1 of the check matrix initial value table of thetype B system varies according to the information length K.

The relationship of Equation (9) holds between the information length Kand the number of rows K+1 of the check matrix initial value table.

K=(k+1)×360   (9)

Here, 360 of Equation (9) is the unit size P described in FIG. 16.

In the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 21, thirteen numericalvalues are arranged from the 1st row to the 3rd row, and three numericalvalues are arranged from the 4th row to the (k+1)th row (30th row inFIG. 21).

Therefore, the column weight of the check matrix H obtained from thecheck matrix initial value table of FIG. 21 is 13 from the 1st column tothe (1+360×(3−1)−1)th column and is 3 from the (1+360×(3−1))th column tothe Kth column.

The first row of the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 21indicates 0, 2084, 1613, 1548, 1286, 1460, 3196, 4297, 2481, 3369, 3451,4620, and 2622, and this indicates that the elements of the rows withrow numbers 0, 2084, 1613, 1548, 1286, 1460, 3196, 4297, 2481, 3369,3451, 4620, and 2622 are 1 (and other elements are 0) in the firstcolumn of the check matrix H.

Furthermore, the second row of the check matrix initial value table inFIG. 21 indicates 1, 122, 1516, 3448, 2880, 1407, 1847, 3799, 3529, 373,971, 4358, and 3108, and this indicates that the elements of the rowswith row numbers 1, 122, 1516, 3448, 2880, 1407, 1847, 3799, 3529, 373,971, 4358, and 3108 are 1 in the 361 (=1+360×(2-1))st column of thecheck matrix H.

In this way, the check matrix initial value table indicates thepositions of the elements of 1 in the information matrix H_(A) of thecheck matrix H on the basis of 360 columns.

For each column other than the (1+360×(i−1))th column in the checkmatrix H, that is, for each column from the (2+360×(i−1))th column tothe (360×i)th column, the elements of 1 are arranged after applyingperiodical cyclic shifting to the elements of 1 in the (1+360×(i−1))thcolumn, which is determined by the check matrix initial value table, inthe downward direction (downward direction of columns) according to theparity length M.

That is, for example, cyclic shifting is applied to the (1+360×(i−1))thcolumn downward by an amount of M/360 (=q) to obtain the (2+360×(i−1))thcolumn, and cyclic shifting is applied to the (1+360×(i−1))th columndownward by an amount of 2×M/360 (=2×q) (cyclic shifting is applied tothe (2+360×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of M/360 (=q)) toobtain the next (3+360×(i−1))th column.

Now, a row number H_(w-j) of the element of 1 in a wth column that is acolumn other than the (1+360×(i−1))th column of the check matrix H canbe obtained by Equation (10), where h_(i,j) represents the numericalvalue of the jth column (jth from the left) of the ith row (ith from thetop) in the check matrix initial value table, and H_(w-j) represents therow number of the jth element of 1 in the wth column of the check matrixH.

H _(w-j)=mod{h _(i,j)+mod((w−1),P)×q,M}   (10)

Here, mod(x,y) denotes a remainder after dividing x by y.

In addition, P represents the unit size, and P in the present embodimentis, for example, 360 as in the standard of DVB-T.2 or ATSC3.0.Furthermore, q represents a value M/360 obtained by dividing the paritylength M by the unit size P (=360).

The check matrix generation unit 613 (FIG. 18) uses the check matrixinitial value table to specify the row numbers of the elements of 1 inthe (1+360×(i−1))th column of the check matrix H.

The check matrix generation unit 613 (FIG. 18) further uses Equation(10) to obtain the row numbers H_(w-j) of the elements of 1 in the wthcolumn that is a column other than the (1+360×(i−1))th column in thecheck matrix H and generates the check matrix H in which the elements ofthe obtained row numbers are 1.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating the structure of the check matrix H ofthe type A system.

The check matrix of the type A system includes a matrix A, a matrix B, amatrix C, a matrix D, and a matrix Z.

The matrix A is a matrix with M1 rows and K columns on the upper left ofthe check matrix H expressed by a predetermined value M1 and theinformation length K=code length N×code rate r of the LDPC code.

The matrix B is a matrix with M1 rows and M1 columns in the dualdiagonal structure adjacent to and on the right of the matrix A.

The matrix C is a matrix with N−K−M1 rows and K+M1 columns adjacent toand below the matrix A and the matrix B.

The matrix D is an identity matrix with N−K−M1 rows and N−K−M1 columnsadjacent to and on the right of the matrix C.

The matrix Z is a zero matrix (0 matrix) with M1 rows and N−K−M1 columnsadjacent to and on the right of the matrix B.

In the check matrix H of the type A system including the matrices A to Dand the matrix Z, the matrix A and part of the matrix C provide theinformation matrix, and the matrix B, the remaining part of the matrixC, the matrix D, and the matrix Z provide the parity matrix.

Note that the matrix B is a matrix in the dual diagonal structure, andthe matrix D is an identity matrix. Therefore, part (part of matrix B)of the parity matrix in the check matrix H of the type A system has adual diagonal structure, and the remaining part (part of matrix D) is adiagonal matrix (identity matrix).

The matrix A and the matrix C have the cyclic structures on the basis ofthe columns in the unit size P (for example, 360 columns) as in theinformation matrix of the check matrix H of the type B system, and thecheck matrix initial value table of the type A system indicates thepositions of the elements of 1 in the matrix A and the matrix C on thebasis of 360 columns.

Here, the matrix A and part of the matrix C provide the informationmatrix as described above. Therefore, it can be stated that the checkmatrix initial value table of the type A system indicating the positionsof the elements of 1 in the matrix A and the matrix C on the basis of360 columns at least indicates the positions of the elements of 1 in theinformation matrix on the basis of 360 columns.

Note that the check matrix initial value table of the type A systemindicates the positions of the elements of 1 in the matrix A and thematrix C on the basis of 360 columns. Therefore, it can also be statedthat the check matrix initial value table indicates the positions of theelements of 1 in part of the check matrix (remaining part of the matrixC) on the basis of 360 columns.

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table of the type A system.

That is, FIG. 23 illustrates an example of the check matrix initialvalue table indicating the check matrix H in which the code length N is35 bits, and the code rate r is 2/7.

The check matrix initial value table of the type A system is a tableindicating the positions of the elements of 1 in the matrix A and thematrix C on the basis of the unit size P. In an ith row of the checkmatrix initial value table, the row numbers of the elements of 1 in a(1+P×(i−1))th column of the check matrix H (row numbers in which the rownumbers of the first rows of the check matrix H are 0) are arranged, andthe number of row numbers is equivalent to the column weight of the(1+P×(i−1))th column.

Note that the unit size P is, for example, 5 here to simplify thedescription.

Parameters of the check matrix H of the type A system include M1, M2,Q1, and Q2.

M1 (FIG. 22) is a parameter for determining the size of the matrix B andis a multiple of the unit size P. M1 is adjusted to change theperformance of the LDPC code, and M1 is adjusted to a predeterminedvalue to determine the check matrix H. It is assumed here that 15, thatis three times the unit size P=5, is adopted as M1.

M2 (FIG. 22) is a value M−M1 obtained by subtracting M1 from the paritylength M.

Here, the information length K is N×r=35×2/7=10, and the parity length Mis N−K=35−10=25. Therefore, M2 is M−M1=25−15=10.

Q1 is obtained according to an equation Q1=M1/P, and Q1 represents thenumber of shifts (the number of rows) of the cyclic shift in the matrixA.

That is, for each column other than the (1+P×(i−1))th column of thecheck matrix A in the check matrix H of the type A system, that is, foreach column from the (2+P×(i−1))th column to the (P×i)th column, theelements of 1 are arranged after applying periodical cyclic shifting inthe downward direction (downward direction of columns) to the elementsof 1 in the (1+P×(i−1))th column determined by the check matrix initialvalue table. Q1 represents the number of shifts of the cyclic shift inthe matrix A.

Q2 is obtained according to an equation Q2=M2/P, and Q2 represents thenumber of shifts (the number of rows) of the cyclic shift in the matrixC.

That is, for each column other than the (1+P×(i−1))th column of thecheck matrix C in the check matrix H of the type A system, that is, foreach column from the (2+P×(i−1))th column to the (P×i)th column, theelements of 1 are arranged after applying periodical cyclic shifting inthe downward direction (downward direction of columns) to the elementsof 1 in the (1+P×(i−1))th column determined by the check matrix initialvalue table. Q2 represents the number of shifts of the cyclic shift inthe matrix C.

Here, Q1 is M1/P=15/5=3, and Q2 is M2/P=10/5=2.

In the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23, three numericalvalues are arranged in the first and second rows, and one numericalvalue is arranged in the third to fifth rows. According to thearrangement of the numerical values, the column weight of the parts ofthe matrix A and the matrix C in the check matrix H obtained from thecheck matrix initial value table of FIG. 23 is 3 from the1(=1+5×(1−1))st row to the 10(=5×2)th row and is 1 from the11(=1+5×(3−1))th row to the 25=(5×5)th row.

That is, the first row of the check matrix initial value table of FIG.23 indicates 2, 6, and 18, and this indicates that the elements of therows with row numbers 2, 6, and 18 are 1 (and other elements are 0) inthe first column of the check matrix H.

Here, in this case, the matrix A (FIG. 22) is a matrix with 15 rows and10 columns (M1 rows and K columns), and the matrix C (FIG. 22) is amatrix with 10 rows and 25 columns (N−K−M1 rows and K+M1 columns).Therefore, the rows with row numbers 0 to 14 in the check matrix H arerows of the matrix A, and the rows with row numbers 15 to 24 in thecheck matrix H are rows of the matrix C.

Thus, of the rows with row numbers 2, 6, and 18 (hereinafter, describedas rows #2, #6, and #18), the rows #2 and #6 are rows of the matrix A,and the row #18 is a row of the matrix C.

The second row of the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 23indicates 2, 10, 19, and this indicates that the elements of the rows#2, #10, and #19 are 1 in the 6(=1+5×(2−1))th column of the check matrixH.

Here, in the 6(=1+5×(2−1))th column of the check matrix H, the rows #2and #10 of the rows #2, #10, and #19 are rows of the matrix A, and therow #19 is a row of the matrix C.

The third row of the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 23indicates 22, and this indicates that the element of the row #22 is 1 inthe 11(=1+5×(3−1))th column of the check matrix H.

Here, the row #22 in the 11(=1+5×(3−1))th column of the check matrix His a row of the matrix C.

Similarly, 19 in the fourth row of the check matrix initial value tablein FIG. 23 indicates that the element of the row #19 is 1 in the16(=1+5×(4−1))th column of the check matrix H, and 15 in the fifth rowof the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 23 indicates that theelement of the row #15 is 1 in the 21(=1+5×(5−1))st column of the checkmatrix H.

In this way, the check matrix initial value table indicates thepositions of the elements of 1 in the matrix A and the matrix C of thecheck matrix H on the basis of the unit size P=5 columns.

For each column other than the (1+5×(i−1))th column of the matrix A andthe matrix C in the check matrix H, that is, for each column from the(2+5×(i−1))th column to the (5×i)th column, the elements of 1 arearranged after applying periodical cyclic shifting to the elements of 1in the (1+5×(i−1))th column, which is determined by the check matrixinitial value table, in the downward direction (downward direction ofcolumns) according to the parameters Q1 and Q2.

That is, for example, cyclic shifting is applied to the (1+5×(i−1))thcolumn downward by an amount of Q1 (=3) to obtain the (2+5×(i−1))thcolumn of the matrix A, and cyclic shifting is applied to the(1+5×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of 2×Q1(=2×3) (cyclicshifting is applied to the (2+5×(i−1))th column downward by an amount ofQ1) to obtain the next (3+5×(i−1))th column.

In addition, for example, cyclic shifting is applied to the(1+5×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of Q2 (=2) to obtain the(2+5×(i−1))th column of the matrix C, and cyclic shifting is applied tothe (1+5×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of 2×Q2 (=2×2) (cyclicshifting is applied to the (2+5×(i−1))th column downward by an amount ofQ2) to obtain the next (3+5×(i−1))th column.

FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating the matrix A generated from the checkmatrix initial value table of FIG. 23.

In the matrix A of FIG. 24, the elements of the rows #2 and #6 in the1(=1+5×(1−1))st column are 1 according to the first row of the checkmatrix initial value table in FIG. 23.

In addition, each column from the 2(=2+5×(1−1))nd column to the5(=5+5×(1−1))th column is obtained by applying cyclic shifting to thecolumn just before the column in the downward direction by an amount ofQ1=3.

Furthermore, in the matrix A of FIG. 24, the elements of the rows #2 and#10 in the 6(=1+5×(2−1))th column are 1 according to the second row ofthe check matrix initial value table in FIG. 23.

In addition, each column from the 7(=2+5×(2−1))th column to the10(=5+5×(2−1))th column is obtained by applying cyclic shifting to thecolumn just before the column in the downward direction by an amount ofQ1=3.

FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating parity interleaving of the matrix B.

The check matrix generation unit 613 (FIG. 18) uses the check matrixinitial value table to generate the matrix A and arranges the matrix Bin the dual diagonal structure on the right and adjacent to the matrixA. The check matrix generation unit 613 then assumes that the matrix Bis a parity matrix and performs the parity interleaving such thatadjacent elements of 1 in the matrix B in the dual diagonal structureare separated by the unit size P=5 in the row direction.

FIG. 25 illustrates the matrix A and the matrix B after the parityinterleaving of the matrix B of FIG. 24.

FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating the matrix C generated from the checkmatrix initial value table of FIG. 23.

In the matrix C of FIG. 26, the element of the row #18 in the1(=1+5×(1−1))st column of the check matrix H is 1 according to the firstrow of the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23.

In addition, each column from the 2(=2+5×(1−1))nd column to the5(=5+5×(1−1))th column of the matrix C is obtained by applying cyclicshifting to the column just before the column downward by an amount ofQ2=2.

Furthermore, in the matrix C of FIG. 26, the elements of the row #19 ofthe 6(=1+5×(2−1))th column, the row #22 of the 11(=1+5×(3−1))th column,the row #19 of the 16(=1+5×(4−1))th column, and the row #15 of the21(=1+5×(5−1))st column of the check matrix H are 1 according to thesecond to fifth rows of the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23.

In addition, each column from the 7(=2+5×(2−1))th column to the10(=5+5×(2−1))th column, each column from the 12(=2+5×(3−1))th column tothe 15(=5+5×(3−1))th column, each column from the 17(=2+5×(4−1))thcolumn to the 20(=5+5×(4−1))th column, and each column from the22(=2+5×(5−1))nd column to the 25(=5+5×(5−1))th column are obtained byapplying cyclic shifting to the columns just before the columns downwardby an amount of Q2=2.

The check matrix generation unit 613 (FIG. 18) uses the check matrixinitial value table to generate the matrix C and arranges the matrix Cbelow the matrix A and the matrix B (after parity interleaving).

The check matrix generation unit 613 further arranges the matrix Z onthe right and adjacent to the matrix B and arranges the matrix D on theright and adjacent to the matrix C to generate the check matrix Hillustrated in FIG. 26.

FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating parity interleaving of the matrix D.

After generating the check matrix H of FIG. 26, the check matrixgeneration unit 613 assumes that the matrix D is a parity matrix andperforms parity interleaving (of only the matrix D) such that elementsof 1 in an odd row and the next even row in the matrix D as the identitymatrix are separated by the unit size P=5 in the row direction.

FIG. 27 illustrates the check matrix H after the parity interleaving ofthe matrix D in the check matrix H of FIG. 26.

The LDPC encoder 115 (code parity computation unit 615 (FIG. 18) of theLDPC encoder 115) uses, for example, the check matrix H of FIG. 27 toperform the LDPC coding (generate the LDPC code).

Here, the LDPC code generated by using the check matrix H of FIG. 27 isan LDPC code after the parity interleaving. Therefore, the parityinterleaver 23 (FIG. 9) does not have to perform the parity interleavingfor the LDPC code generated by using the check matrix H of FIG. 27.

FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating the check matrix H after applyingcolumn permutation, which is parity deinterleaving for deinterleaving ofthe parity interleaving, to the matrix B, part of the matrix C (part ofthe matrix C arranged below the matrix B), and the matrix D of the checkmatrix H of FIG. 27.

The LDPC encoder 115 can use the check matrix H of FIG. 28 to performthe LDPC coding (generate the LDPC code).

In the case of using the check matrix H of FIG. 28 to perform the LDPCcoding, an LDPC code without the parity interleaving is obtainedaccording to the LDPC coding. Therefore, in the case of using the checkmatrix H of FIG. 28 to perform the LDPC coding, the parity interleaver23 (FIG. 9) performs the parity interleaving.

FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating a transformed check matrix H obtainedby applying the row permutation to the check matrix H of FIG. 27.

As described later, the transformed check matrix is a matrix representedby a combination of a P×P identity matrix, a quasi-identity matrix inwhich one or more elements of 1 in the identity matrix are 0, a shiftmatrix obtained by applying cyclic shifting to the identity matrix orthe quasi-identity matrix, a sum matrix that is a sum of two or more ofthe identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix, and the shift matrix,and a P×P 0 matrix.

The transformed check matrix can be used for decoding the LDPC code toadopt architecture for performing the check node computation and thevariable node computation for P times at the same time in decoding theLDPC code as described later.

<New LDPC Code>

One of the methods of ensuring favorable communication quality in thedata transmission using the LDPC code includes a method of using ahigh-quality LDPC code.

Hereinafter, a new high-quality LDPC code (hereinafter, also referred toas new LDPC code) will be described.

Examples of the new LDPC code that can be adopted include a type A codeand a type B code corresponding to the check matrix H with the cyclicstructure, in which the unit size P is 360 as in DVB-T.2, ATSC3.0, andthe like.

The LDPC encoder 115 (FIG. 8, FIG. 18) can perform LDPC coding into thenew LDPC code by using the following check matrix initial value table(check matrix H obtained from the table) of the new LDPC code, in whichthe code length N is, for example, 69120 bits longer than 64 k bits, andthe code rate r is, for example, one of 2/16, 3/16, 4/16, 5/16, 6/16,7/16, 8/16, 9/16, 10/16, 11/16, 12/16, 13/16, and 14/16.

In this case, the check matrix initial value table of the new LDPC codeis stored in the storage unit 602 of the LDPC encoder 115 (FIG. 8).

FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table (type A system) indicating the check matrix H of the type Acode as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, andthe code rate r is 2/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code atr=2/16).

FIGS. 31 and 32 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrixinitial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type A code asa new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the coderate r is 3/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=3/16).

Note that FIG. 32 is a diagram continued from FIG. 31.

FIG. 33 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initialvalue table indicating the check matrix H of the type A code as a newLDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate ris 4/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=4/16).

FIGS. 34 and 35 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrixinitial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type A code asa new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the coderate r is 5/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=5/16).

Note that FIG. 35 is a diagram continued from FIG. 34.

FIGS. 36 and 37 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrixinitial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type A code asa new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the coderate r is 6/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=6/16).

Note that FIG. 37 is a diagram continued from FIG. 36.

FIGS. 38 and 39 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrixinitial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type A code asa new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the coderate r is 7/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=7/16).

Note that FIG. 39 is a diagram continued from FIG. 38.

FIGS. 40 and 41 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrixinitial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type A code asa new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the coderate r is 8/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=8/16).

Note that FIG. 41 is a diagram continued from FIG. 40.

FIGS. 42 and 43 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrixinitial value table (type B system) indicating the check matrix H of thetype B code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120bits, and the code rate r is 7/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as typeB code at r=7/16).

Note that FIG. 43 is a diagram continued from FIG. 42.

FIGS. 44 and 45 are diagrams illustrating another example of the checkmatrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type Bcode at r=7/16.

Note that FIG. 45 is a diagram continued from FIG. 44. The type B codeat r=7/16 obtained from the check matrix initial value table (checkmatrix H indicated by the table) of FIGS. 44 and 45 will also bereferred to as another type B code at r=7/16.

FIGS. 46 and 47 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrixinitial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code asa new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the coderate r is 8/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B code at r=8/16).

Note that FIG. 47 is a diagram continued from FIG. 46.

FIGS. 48 and 49 are diagrams illustrating another example of the checkmatrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type Bcode at r=8/16.

Note that FIG. 49 is a diagram continued from FIG. 48. The type B codeat r=8/16 obtained from the check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 48and 49 will also be referred to as another type B code at r=8/16.

FIGS. 50, 51, and 52 are diagrams illustrating an example of the checkmatrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type Bcode as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, andthe code rate r is 9/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B code atr=9/16).

Note that FIG. 51 is a diagram continued from FIG. 50, and FIG. 52 is adiagram continued from FIG. 51.

FIGS. 53, 54, and 55 are diagrams illustrating another example of thecheck matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of thetype B code at r=9/16.

Note that FIG. 54 is a diagram continued from FIG. 53, and FIG. 55 is adiagram continued from FIG. 54. The type B code at r=9/16 obtained fromthe check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 53 to 55 will also bereferred to as another type B code at r=9/16.

FIGS. 56, 57, and 58 are diagrams illustrating an example of the checkmatrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type Bcode as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, andthe code rate r is 10/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B codeat r=10/16).

Note that FIG. 57 is a diagram continued from FIG. 56, and FIG. 58 is adiagram continued from FIG. 57.

FIGS. 59, 60, and 61 are diagrams illustrating another example of thecheck matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of thetype B code at r=10/16.

Note that FIG. 60 is a diagram continued from FIG. 59, and FIG. 61 is adiagram continued from FIG. 60. The type B code at r=10/16 obtained fromthe check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 59 to 61 will also bereferred to as another type B code at r=10/16.

FIGS. 62, 63, and 64 are diagrams illustrating an example of the checkmatrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type Bcode as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, andthe code rate r is 11/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B codeat r=11/16).

Note that FIG. 63 is a diagram continued from FIG. 62, and FIG. 64 is adiagram continued from FIG. 63.

FIGS. 65, 66, and 67 are diagrams illustrating another example of thecheck matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of thetype B code at r=11/16.

Note that FIG. 66 is a diagram continued from FIG. 65, and FIG. 67 is adiagram continued from FIG. 66. The type B code at r=11/16 obtained fromthe check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 65 to 67 will also bereferred to as another type B code at r=11/16.

FIGS. 68, 69, and 70 are diagrams illustrating an example of the checkmatrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type Bcode as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, andthe code rate r is 12/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B codeat r=12/16).

Note that FIG. 69 is a diagram continued from FIG. 68, and FIG. 70 is adiagram continued from FIG. 69.

FIGS. 71, 72, and 73 are diagrams illustrating another example of thecheck matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of thetype B code at r=12/16.

Note that FIG. 72 is a diagram continued from FIG. 71, and FIG. 73 is adiagram continued from FIG. 72. The type B code at r=12/16 obtained fromthe check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 71 to 73 will also bereferred to as another type B code at r=12/16.

FIGS. 74, 75, and 76 are diagrams illustrating an example of the checkmatrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type Bcode as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, andthe code rate r is 13/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B codeat r=13/16).

Note that FIG. 75 is a diagram continued from FIG. 74, and FIG. 76 is adiagram continued from FIG. 75.

FIGS. 77, 78, and 79 are diagrams illustrating another example of thecheck matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of thetype B code at r=13/16.

Note that FIG. 78 is a diagram continued from FIG. 77, and FIG. 79 is adiagram continued from FIG. 78. The type B code at r=13/16 obtained fromthe check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 77 to 79 will also bereferred to as another type B code at r=13/16.

FIGS. 80, 81, and 82 are diagrams illustrating an example of the checkmatrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type Bcode as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, andthe code rate r is 14/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B codeat r=14/16).

Note that FIG. 81 is a diagram continued from FIG. 80, and FIG. 82 is adiagram continued from FIG. 81.

FIGS. 83, 84, and 85 are diagrams illustrating another example of thecheck matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of thetype B code at r=14/16.

Note that FIG. 84 is a diagram continued from FIG. 83, and FIG. 85 is adiagram continued from FIG. 84. The type B code at r=14/16 obtained fromthe check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 83 to 85 will also bereferred to as another type B code at r=14/16.

The new LDPC code is a high-quality LDPC code.

Here, the high-quality LDPC code is an LDPC code obtained from anappropriate check matrix H.

The appropriate check matrix H is, for example, a check matrixsatisfying predetermined conditions that reduce the BER (bit error rate)(and FER (frame error rate)) when the LDPC code obtained from the checkmatrix H is transmitted at low E_(s)/N₀ or E_(b)/N_(o) (signal power tonoise power ratio per bit).

The appropriate check matrix H can be obtained by performing simulationfor measuring the BER when, for example, the LDPC codes obtained fromvarious check matrices satisfying the predetermined conditions aretransmitted at low E_(s)/N_(o).

Examples of the predetermined conditions to be satisfied by theappropriate check matrix H include that an analysis result obtained by amethod called density evolution for analyzing the performance of thecode is favorable and that there is no loop of elements of 1 calledcycle-4.

Here, it is known that the decoding performance of the LDPC code isdegraded if the information matrix H_(A) is crowded with elements of 1as in the cycle-4. Therefore, it is desirable that there is no cycle-4in the check matrix H.

In the check matrix H, the minimum value of the length of the loop (looplength) including elements of 1 is called girth. The absence of cycle-4means that the girth is greater than 4.

Note that predetermined conditions to be satisfied by the appropriatecheck matrix H can be appropriately determined from the viewpoint ofimproving the decoding performance of the LDPC code or facilitating(simplifying) the decoding process of the LDPC code.

FIGS. 86 and 87 are diagrams for describing density evolution that canobtain analysis results as predetermined conditions to be satisfied bythe appropriate check matrix H.

The density evolution is an analysis method of code for calculating anexpected value of the error rate for the entire LDPC code (ensemble) inwhich the code length N characterized by a degree sequence describedlater is 00.

For example, when the variance of noise is gradually increased from 0 onan AWGN channel, the expected value of the error rate of an ensemble is0 at first, but the expected value is not 0 anymore once the variance ofnoise becomes equal to or greater than a certain threshold.

According to the density evolution, the thresholds of the variance ofnoise (hereinafter, also referred to as performance thresholds), withwhich the expected value of the error rate is not 0 anymore, can becompared to determine the quality of the performance of ensemble(appropriateness of check matrix).

Note that for a specific LDPC code, the ensemble of the LDPC code can bedetermined, and the density evolution can be applied to the ensemble toestimate approximate performance of the LDPC code.

Therefore, a high-quality ensemble can be found to find the high-qualityLDPC code from the LDPC codes belonging to the ensemble.

Here, the degree sequence indicates the ratio of the variable nodes andthe check nodes with weight of each value to the code length N of theLDPC code.

For example, a regular (3,6) LDPC code at the code rate of 1/2 belongsto an ensemble characterized by a degree sequence, in which the weight(column weight) of all of the variable nodes is 3, and the weight (rowweight) of all of the check nodes is 6.

FIG. 86 illustrates a Tanner graph of the ensemble.

In the Tanner graph of FIG. 86, the number of variable nodes indicatedby circles (o marks) in the figure is N equal to the code length N, andthe number of check nodes indicated by rectangles (□ marks) in thefigure is N/2 equal to a multiplication value obtained by multiplyingthe code length N by the code rate 1/2.

Three edges equal to the column weight are connected to each variablenode, and therefore, the number of edges connected to the N variablenodes is 3N in total.

In addition, six edges equal to the row weight are connected to eachcheck node, and therefore, the number of edges connected to the N/2check nodes is 3N in total.

Furthermore, there is one interleaver in the Tanner graph of FIG. 86.

The interleaver randomly rearranges the 3N edges connected to the Nvariable nodes and connects each edge after the rearrangement to one ofthe 3N edges connected to the N/2 check nodes.

In the interleaver, there are (3N)! (=(3N)×(3N−1)× . . . ×1)rearrangement patterns of rearranging the 3N edges connected to the Nvariable nodes. Therefore, a set of (3N)! LDPC codes is included in theensemble characterized by the degree sequence, in which the weight ofall of the variable nodes is 3, and the weight of all of the check nodesis 6.

In the simulation for obtaining the high-quality LDPC code (appropriatecheck matrix), a multi-edge type ensemble is used in the densityevolution.

In the multi-edge type, the interleaver linked to the edges connected tothe variable nodes and linked to the edges connected to the check nodesis divided into a plurality of interleavers (multi edge), and as aresult, the ensemble is more strictly characterized.

FIG. 87 illustrates an example of a Tanner graph of the multi-edge typeensemble.

There are two interleavers including a first interleaver and a secondinterleaver in the Tanner graph of FIG. 87.

The Tanner graph of FIG. 87 also includes v1 variable nodes eachincluding one edge connected to the first interleaver and zero edgesconnected to the second interleaver, v2 variable nodes each includingone edge connected to the first interleaver and two edges connected tothe second interleaver, and v3 variable nodes each including zero edgesconnected to the first interleaver and two edges connected to the secondinterleaver.

The Tanner graph of FIG. 87 further includes c1 check nodes eachincluding two edges connected to the first interleaver and zero edgesconnected to the second interleaver, c2 check nodes each including twoedges connected to the first interleaver and two edges connected to thesecond interleaver, and c3 check nodes each including zero edgesconnected to the first interleaver and three edges connected to thesecond interleaver.

Here, the density evolution and the implementation of the densityevolution are described in, for example, “On the Design of Low-DensityParity-Check Codes within 0.0045 dB of the Shannon Limit,” S. Y. Chung,G. D. Forney, T. J. Richardson, R. Urbanke, IEEE Communications Leggers,VOL. 5, No. 2, February 2001.

In the simulation for obtaining the new LDPC code (check matrix of thenew LDPC code), the multi-edge type density evolution is used to find anensemble in which the performance threshold, which is E_(b)/N₀ (signalpower to noise power ratio per bit) at which the BER starts to drop(starts to decrease), becomes equal to or smaller than a predeterminedvalue. An LDPC code that reduces the BER in the case of using one ormore quadrature modulations, such as QPSK, is selected as a high-qualityLDPC code from the LDPC codes belonging to the ensemble.

The new LDPC code (check matrix initial value table indicating the checkmatrix of the new LDPC code) is obtained by the simulation.

Therefore, according to the new LDPC code, favorable communicationquality can be ensured in the data transmission.

FIG. 88 is a diagram describing the column weights of the check matrix Hof the type A code as a new LDPC code.

For the check matrix H of the type A code, Y1 represents the columnweight of K1 columns from the first column of the matrix A, Y2represents the column weight of the following K2 columns of the matrixA, X1 represents the column weight of K1 columns from the first columnof the matrix C, X2 represents the column weight of the following K2columns of the matrix C, and X3 represents the column weight of thefollowing M1 columns of the matrix C as illustrated in FIG. 88.

Note that K1+K2 is equal to the information length K, and M1+M2 is equalto the parity length M. Therefore, K1+K2+M1+M2 is equal to the codelength N=69120 bits.

In addition, the column weight of M1-1 columns from the first column ofthe matrix B is 2, and the column weight of the M1th column (lastcolumn) of the matrix B is 1 in the check matrix H of the type A code.Furthermore, the column weight of the matrix D is 1, and the columnweight of the matrix Z is 0.

FIG. 89 is a diagram illustrating parameters of the check matrix H ofthe type A code (indicated in the check matrix initial value table) ofFIGS. 30 to 41.

Parameters X1, Y1, K1, X2, Y2, K2, X3, M1, and M2 and the performancethreshold of the check matrix H of the type A code at r=2/16, 3/16,4/16, 5/16, 6/16, 7/16, and 8/16 are as illustrated in FIG. 89.

The parameters X1, Y1, K1 (or K2), X2, Y2, X3, and M1 (or M2) are set tofurther improve the performance (for example, error rate) of the LDPCcode.

FIG. 90 is a diagram describing the column weights of the check matrix Hof the type B code as a new LDPC code.

For the check matrix H of the type B code, X1 represents the columnweight of KX1 columns from the first column, X2 represents the columnweight of the following KX2 columns, Y1 represents the column weight ofthe following KY1 columns, and Y2 represents the column weight of thefollowing KY2 columns as illustrated in FIG. 90.

Note that KX1+KX2+KY1+KY2 is equal to the information length K, andKX1+KX2+KY1+KY2+M is equal to the code length N=69120 bits.

In addition, the column weight of M−1 columns of the last M columnsexcluding the last one column is 2, and the column weight of the lastone column is 1 in the check matrix H of the type B code.

FIG. 91 is a diagram illustrating parameters of the check matrix H ofthe type B code (indicated in the check matrix initial value table) ofFIGS. 42 to 85.

Parameters X1, KX1, X2, KX2, Y1, KY1, Y2, KY2, and M and the performancethreshold of the check matrix H of the type B code and another type Bcode at r=7/16, 8/16, 9/16, 10/16, 11/16, 12/16, 13/16, and 14/16 are asillustrated in FIG. 91.

The parameters X1, KX1, X2, KX2, Y1, KY1, Y2, and KY2 are set to furtherimprove the performance of the LDPC code.

<Simulation Results>

FIGS. 92 and 93 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=2/16.

In the simulation, an AWGN channel is adopted as the communicationchannel 13 (FIG. 7), and the iterations C (it) for decoding the LDPCcode is 50.

The capacity (communication channel capacity) represents the amount ofinformation that can be transmitted by 1 symbol, and the capacity atE_(s)/N₀ (signal power to noise power ratio per symbol) with BER of 10⁻⁶is obtained in the simulation.

Note that in the diagram of the BER/FER curve, the solid line representsthe BER, and the dotted line represents the FER. The diagram of thecapacity also illustrates the Shannon limit along with the capacity forthe LDPC code. This is similar in the following diagrams of simulationresults.

FIGS. 94 and 95 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=3/16.

FIGS. 96 and 97 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=4/16.

FIGS. 98 and 99 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=5/16.

FIGS. 100 and 101 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=6/16.

FIGS. 102 and 103 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=7/16.

FIGS. 104 and 105 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=8/16.

FIGS. 106 and 107 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=7/16.

FIGS. 108 and 109 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=7/16.

FIGS. 110 and 111 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=8/16.

FIGS. 112 and 113 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=8/16.

FIGS. 114 and 115 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=9/16.

FIGS. 116 and 117 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=9/16.

FIGS. 118 and 119 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=10/16.

FIGS. 120 and 121 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=10/16.

FIGS. 122 and 123 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=11/16.

FIGS. 124 and 125 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=11/16.

FIGS. 126 and 127 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=12/16.

FIGS. 128 and 129 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=12/16.

FIGS. 130 and 131 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=13/16.

FIGS. 132 and 133 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=13/16.

FIGS. 134 and 135 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=14/16.

FIGS. 136 and 137 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and thecapacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of usingthe QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=14/16.

According to the simulation results of FIGS. 92 to 137, it can berecognized that the new LDPC code realizes a favorable BER/FER andrealizes a capacity close to the Shannon limit.

<Constellation>

FIGS. 138 to 141 are diagrams illustrating an example of theconstellation adopted in the transmission system of FIG. 7.

In the transmission system of FIG. 7, the constellation to be used inMODCOD, which is a combination of modulation system (MODulation) andLDPC code (CODe), can be set for the MODCOD, for example.

One or more constellations can be set for one MODCOD.

The constellations include a UC (Uniform Constellation) with uniformarrangement of constellation points and an NUC (Non UniformConstellation) with non-uniform arrangement of constellation points.

In addition, examples of the NUC include a constellation called 1D NUC(1-dimensional M²-QAM non-uniform constellation) and a constellationcalled 2D NUC (2-dimensional QQAM non-uniform constellation).

In general, the BER improves more in the 1D NUC than in the UC, and theBER improves more in the 2D NUC than in the 1D NUC.

The constellation in the modulation system of QPSK is the UC. Theconstellation in the modulation system of 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, or thelike can be, for example, the 2D NUC, and the constellation in themodulation system of 1024QAM, 4096QAM, or the like can be, for example,the 1D NUC.

In the transmission system of FIG. 7, the constellation defined inATSC3.0 or the like can be used, for example.

That is, for example, the same constellation can be used for each coderate r of the LDPC code in the case where the modulation system is QPSK.

In addition, for example, the constellation of 2D NUC that variesaccording to the code rate r of the LDPC code can be used in the casewhere the modulation system is 16QAM, 64QAM, or 256QAM.

Furthermore, for example, the constellation of 1D NUC that variousaccording to the code rate r of the LDPC code can be used in the casewhere the modulation system is 1024QAM or 4096QAM.

Hereinafter, some of the constellations defined in ATSC3.0 will bedescribed.

FIG. 138 is a diagram illustrating coordinates of signal points of theconstellation of UC used for all of the code rates of the LDPC codedefined in ATSC3.0 in the case where the modulation system is QPSK.

In FIG. 138, “Input Data cell y” indicates a symbol of 2 bits mapped onthe UC of QPSK, and “Constellation point z,” indicates coordinates ofthe constellation point z_(s). Note that an index s of the constellationpoint z_(s) indicates discrete time of the symbol (time interval betweena symbol and the next symbol).

In FIG. 138, the coordinates of the constellation point z_(s) areexpressed in a form of a complex number, and j indicates an imaginaryunit (√/(−1)).

FIG. 139 is a diagram illustrating coordinates of constellation pointsof the constellation of 2D NUC used for code rates r(CR)=2/15, 3/15,4/15, 5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12, 15, and 13/15 ofthe LDPC code defined in ATSC3.0 in the case where the modulation systemis 16QAM.

In FIG. 139, the coordinates of the constellation points z_(s) areexpressed in a form of a complex number, and j indicates an imaginaryunit as in FIG. 138.

In FIG. 139, w#k represents coordinates of the constellation point inthe first quadrant of the constellation.

In the 2D NUC, the constellation point in the second quadrant of theconstellation is arranged at the position where the constellation pointin the first quadrant is moved symmetrically to the Q axis, and theconstellation point in the third quadrant of the constellation isarranged at the position where the constellation point in the firstquadrant is moved symmetrically to the origin. In addition, theconstellation point in the fourth quadrant of the constellation isarranged at the position where the constellation point in the firstquadrant is moved symmetrically to the I axis.

Here, in the case where the modulation system is 2^(m)QAM, m bits areset as 1 symbol, and the 1 symbol is mapped on the constellation pointcorresponding to the symbol.

The symbols of m bits can be expressed by, for example, integer valuesfrom 0 to 2^(m)−1. Now, assuming that b=2^(m)/4 is set, symbols y(0),y(1), . . . , y(2^(m)−1) expressed by the integer values from 0 to2^(m)−1 can be classified into four groups including symbols y(0) toy(b−1), symbols y(b) to y(2b−1), symbols y(2b) to y(3b−1), and symbolsy(3b) to y(4b−1).

In FIG. 139, a suffix k of w#k indicates integer values in a range of 0to b−1, and w#k indicates coordinates of the constellation pointscorresponding to the symbols (k) in the range of the symbols y(0) toy(b−1).

Furthermore, the coordinates of the constellation points correspondingto the symbols y(k+b) in the range of the symbols y(b) to y(2b−1) arerepresented by −conj(w#k), and the coordinates of the constellationpoints corresponding to the symbols y(k+2b) in the range of the symbolsy(2b) to y(3b−1) are represented by conj(w#k). In addition, thecoordinates of the constellation points corresponding to the symbolsy(k+3b) in the range of the symbols y(3b) to y(4b−1) are represented by−w#k.

Here, conj(w#k) represents complex conjugate of w#k.

For example, in the case where the modulation system is 16QAM, b=2⁴/4=4is set for the symbols y(0), y(1), . . . , and y(15) of m=4 bits, andthe symbols are classified into four groups including symbols y(0) toy(3), symbols y(4) to y(7), symbols y(8) to y(11), and symbols y(12) toy(15).

In addition, for example, the symbol y(12) of the symbols y(0) to y(15)is a symbol y(k+3b)=y(0+3×4) in the range of symbols y(3b) to y(4b−1),and since k=0 is set, the coordinates of the constellation pointcorresponding to the symbol y(12) is −w#k=−w0.

Now, assuming that the code rate r(CR) of the LDPC code is, for example,9/15, w0 is 0.2386+j0.5296 in the case where the modulation system is16QAM, and the code rate r is 9/15 according to FIG. 139. Therefore, thecoordinates −w0 of the constellation point corresponding to the symboly(12) is −(0.2386+j0.5296).

FIG. 140 is a diagram illustrating coordinates of constellation pointsof 1D NUC used for the code rates r(CR)=2/15, 3/15, 4/15, 5/15, 6/15,7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12, 15, and 13/15 of the LDPC codedefined in ATSC3.0 in the case where the modulation system is 1024QAM.

In FIG. 140, u#k represents a real part Re(z_(s)) and an imaginary partIm(z_(s)) of a complex number as coordinates of the constellation pointz_(s) of 1D NUC.

FIG. 141 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between the symbol yof 1024QAM and the u#k indicating the real part Re(z_(s)) and theimaginary part Im(z_(s)) of the complex number representing thecoordinates of the constellation point z_(s) of 1D NUC corresponding tothe symbol y.

Now, the 10-bit symbol y of 1024QAM will be represented by y_(0,s),y_(1,s), y_(2,s), y_(3,s), y_(4,s), y_(5,s), y_(6,s), y_(7,s), y_(8,s),and y_(9,s) from the top bit (most significant bit).

A of FIG. 141 illustrates a correspondence between the five even bitsy_(1,s), y_(3,s), y_(5,s), y_(7,s), and y_(9,s) of the symbol y and theu#k indicating the real part Re(z_(s)) of the constellation point z_(s)(coordinates) corresponding to the symbol y.

B of FIG. 141 illustrates a correspondence between the five odd bitsy_(0,s), y_(2,s), y_(4,s), y_(6,s), and y_(8,s) of the symbol y and theu#k indicating the imaginary part Im(z_(s)) of the constellation pointz_(s) corresponding to the symbol y.

In a case where the 10-bit symbol y=(y_(0,s), y_(1,s), y_(2,s), y_(3,s),y_(4,s), y_(5,s), y_(6,s), y_(7,s), y_(8,s), y_(9,s)) of 1024QAM is, forexample, (0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0), the five odd bits (y_(0,s),y_(2-s), y_(4-s), y_(6-s), y_(8,s)) are (0, 1, 0, 1, 0), and the fiveeven bits (y_(1,s), y_(3,s), y_(5,s), y_(7,s), y_(9,s)) are (0, 0, 1, 1,0).

In A of FIG. 141, the five even bits (0, 0, 1, 1, 0) are associated withu11, and therefore, the real part Re(z_(s)) of the constellation pointz₅ corresponding to the symbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0) is u11.

In B of FIG. 141, the five odd bits (0, 1, 0, 1, 0) are associated withu3, and therefore, the imaginary part Im(z_(s)) of the constellationpoint z_(s) corresponding to the symbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0)is u3.

On the other hand, assuming that the code rate r of the LDPC code is,for example, 6/15, u3 is 0.1295 and u11 is 0.7196 for the 1D NUC used inthe case where the modulation system is 1024QAM and the code rate of theLDPC code is r(CR)=6/15, according to FIG. 140.

Therefore, the real part Re(z_(s)) of the constellation point z_(s)corresponding to the symbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0) isu11=0.7196, and the imaginary part Im(z_(s)) is u3=0.1295. As a result,the coordinates of the constellation point z_(s) corresponding to thesymbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0) is indicated by 0.7196+j0.1295.

Note that the constellation points of the 1D NUC are arranged in a gridpattern on a straight line parallel to the I axis and on a straight lineparallel to the Q axis in the constellation. However, the intervalsbetween the constellation points are not constant. In addition, theaverage power of the constellation points on the constellation can benormalized in transmitting the constellation points (data mapped on theconstellation points). A mean square value of absolute values of all theconstellation points (coordinates of the constellation points) on theconstellation can be defined as P_(ave), and the normalization can beperformed by multiplying a reciprocal 1/(√P_(ave)) of a square root√P_(ave) of the mean square value P_(ave) by each constellation pointz_(s) on the constellation.

The constellation and the like defined in ATSC3.0 can be used in thetransmission system of FIG. 7.

<Block Interleaver 25>

FIG. 142 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of theblock interleaver 25 of FIG. 9.

The block interleaver 25 includes a storage area called part 1 and astorage area called part 2.

Each of the parts 1 and 2 includes a column as a storage area forstoring 1 bit in the row (horizontal) direction and storing apredetermined number of bits in the column (vertical) direction, and thenumber of columns arranged in the row direction is C equal to the numberof bits m of the symbol.

(R1+R2)×C is equal to the code length N of the LDPC code as a target ofblock interleaving, where R1 represents the number of bits stored in thecolumn of the part 1 in the column direction (hereinafter, also referredto as part column length), and R2 represents the part column length ofthe column of the part 2.

In addition, the part column length R1 is equal to a multiple of 360bits that is the unit size P, and the part column length R2 is equal toa remainder after dividing a sum (hereinafter, also referred to ascolumn length) R1+R2 of the part column length R1 of the part 1 and thepart column length R2 of the part 2 by 360 bits that is the unit size P.

Here, the column length R1+R2 is equal to a value obtained by dividingthe code length N of the LDPC code as a target of block interleaving bythe number of bits m of the symbol.

For example, in the case where 16QAM is adopted as a modulation systemfor the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits, the number ofbits m of the symbol is 4 bits, and the column length R1+R2 is 17280(=69120/4) bits.

Furthermore, the remainder after dividing the column length R1+R2=17280by 360 bits that is the unit size P is 0, and the part column length R2of the part 2 is 0 bits.

In addition, the part column length R1 of the part 1 isR1+R2−R2=17280−0=17280 bits.

FIG. 143 is a diagram describing the block interleaving performed in theblock interleaver 25 of FIG. 142.

The block interleaver 25 performs the block interleaving by writing andreading the LDPC code to and from the parts 1 and 2.

That is, in the block interleaving, the code bits of the LDPC code of 1code word are written from top to bottom of the column (columndirection) of the part 1, and this is performed in the columns from leftto right as illustrated in A of FIG. 143.

In addition, when the writing of the code bits up to the bottom of thecolumn at the right end (Cth column) of the columns of the part 1 isfinished, the remaining code bits are written from top to bottom of thecolumn (column direction) of the part 2, and this is performed in thecolumns from left to right.

Subsequently, when the writing of the code bits up to the bottom of thecolumn at the right end (Cth column) of the columns of the part 2 isfinished, the code bits are read in the row direction from the firstrows of all of the C columns of the part 1 on the basis of C=m bits asillustrated in B of FIG. 143.

Furthermore, the code bits are sequentially read from all of the Ccolumns of the part 1 toward the lower rows, and when the reading up toan R1th row as the last row is finished, the code bits are read in therow direction from the first rows of all of the C columns of the part 2on the basis of C=m bits.

The code bits are sequentially read from all of the C columns of thepart 2 toward the lower rows, and the reading is performed up to an R2throw as the last row.

The code bits read from the parts 1 and 2 on the basis of m bits in thisway are supplied as a symbol to the mapper 117 (FIG. 8).

<Group-Wise Interleaving>

FIG. 144 is a diagram describing the group-wise interleaving performedin the group-wise interleaver 24 of FIG. 9.

In the group-wise interleaving, the LDPC code of 1 code word is dividedfrom the top of the LDPC code into 360-bit units equal to the unit sizeP, and 360 bits of 1 division are set as a bit group. The LDPC code of 1code word is interleaved on the basis of bit groups according to apredetermined pattern (hereinafter, also referred to as GW pattern).

Here, an (i+1)th bit group from the top when the LDPC code of 1 codeword is divided into the bit groups will also be referred to as a bitgroup i.

In the case where the unit size P is 360, the LDPC code with the codelength N of 1800 bits is divided into (=1800/360) bit groups includingbit groups 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4, for example. Furthermore, for example, theLDPC code with the code length N of 16200 bits is divided into(=16200/360) bit groups including bit groups 0, 1, and 44, and the LDPCcode with the code length N of 64800 bits is divided into 180(=64800/360) bit groups including bit groups 0, 1, . . . , and 179. Inaddition, for example, the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120bits is divided into 192 (=69120/360) bit groups including bit groups 0,1, . . . , 191.

Here, the GW pattern will be expressed by arrangement of numbersindicating the bit groups. For example, a GW pattern 4, 2, 0, 3, 1 forthe LDPC code with the code length N of 1800 bits indicates that thearrangement of bit groups 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 is interleaved (rearranged)into the arrangement of bit groups 4, 2, 0, 3, and 1.

The GW pattern can be set for at least each code length N of the LDPCcode.

An example of the GW pattern for the LDPC code with the code length N of64800 bits includes a pattern for interleaving the arrangement of bitgroups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits into the arrangement ofbit groups 39, 47, 96, 176, 33, 75, 165, 38, 27, 58, 90, 76, 17, 46, 10,91, 133, 69, 171, 32, 117, 78, 13, 146, 101, 36, 0, 138, 25, 77, 122,49, 14, 125, 140, 93, 130, 2, 104, 102, 128, 4, 111, 151, 84, 167, 35,127, 156, 55, 82, 85, 66, 114, 8, 147, 115, 113, 5, 31, 100, 106, 48,52, 67, 107, 18, 126, 112, 50, 9, 143, 28, 160, 71, 79, 43, 98, 86, 94,64, 3, 166, 105, 103, 118, 63, 51, 139, 172, 141, 175, 56, 74, 95, 29,45, 129, 120, 168, 92, 150, 7, 162, 153, 137, 108, 159, 157, 173, 23,89, 132, 57, 37, 70, 134, 40, 21, 49, 80, 1, 121, 59, 110, 142, 152, 15,154, 145, 12, 170, 54, 155, 99, 22, 123, 72, 177, 131, 116, 44, 158, 73,11, 65, 164, 119, 174, 34, 83, 53, 24, 42, 60, 26, 161, 68, 178, 41,148, 109, 87, 144, 135, 20, 62, 81, 169, 124, 6, 19, 30, 163, 61, 179,136, 97, 16, 88.

<Configuration Example of Reception Apparatus 12>

FIG. 145 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of thereception apparatus 12 of FIG. 7.

An OFDM operation unit 151 receives an OFDM signal from the transmissionapparatus 11 (FIG. 7) and applies signal processing to the OFDM signal.Data obtained by the signal processing executed by the OFDM operationunit 151 is supplied to a frame management unit 152.

The frame management unit 152 executes processing (frame interpretation)of a frame including the data supplied from the OFDM operation unit 151and supplies a signal of target data and a signal of control dataobtained as a result of the processing to frequency deinterleavers 161and 153, respectively.

The frequency deinterleaver 153 applies frequency deinterleaving to thedata from the frame management unit 152 on the basis of symbols andsupplies the data to a demapper 154.

The demapper 154 performs quadrature demodulation by demapping(constellation point arrangement decoding) the data (data onconstellation) from the frequency deinterleaver 153 based on thearrangement (constellation) of the constellation points set in thequadrature modulation performed on the transmission apparatus 11 sideand supplies data (LDPC code (likelihood of LDPC code)) obtained as aresult of the quadrature demodulation to the LDPC decoder 155.

An LDPC decoder 155 applies LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from thedemapper 154 and supplies LDPC target data (here, BCH code) obtained asa result of the LDPC decoding to a BCH decoder 156.

The BCH decoder 156 applies BCH decoding to the LDPC target data fromthe LDPC decoder 155 and outputs control data (signalling) obtained as aresult of the BCH decoding.

On the other hand, the frequency deinterleaver 161 applies frequencydeinterleaving to the data from the frame management unit 152 on thebasis of symbols and supplies the data to a SISO/MISO decoder 162.

The SISO/MISO decoder 162 performs space-time decoding of the data fromthe frequency deinterleaver 161 and supplies the data to a timedeinterleaver 163.

The time deinterleaver 163 applies time deinterleaving to the data fromthe SISO/MISO decoder 162 on the basis of symbols and supplies the datato a demapper 164.

The demapper 164 performs quadrature demodulation by demapping(constellation point arrangement decoding) the data (data onconstellation) from the time deinterleaver 163 based on the arrangement(constellation) of the constellation points set in the quadraturemodulation performed on the transmission apparatus 11 side and suppliesthe data obtained as a result of the quadrature demodulation to a bitdeinterleaver 165.

The bit deinterleaver 165 performs bit deinterleaving of the data fromthe demapper 164 and supplies an LDPC code (likelihood of LDPC code)that is data after the bit deinterleaving to an LDPC decoder 166.

The LDPC decoder 166 applies LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from the bitdeinterleaver 165 and supplies LDPC target data (here, BCH code)obtained as a result of the LDPC decoding to a BCH decoder 167.

The BCH decoder 167 applies BCH decoding to the LDPC target data fromthe LDPC decoder 155 and supplies data obtained as a result of the BCHdecoding to a BB descrambler 168.

The BB descrambler 168 applies BB descrambling to the data from the BCHdecoder 167 and supplies data obtained as a result of the BBdescrambling to a null deletion unit 169.

The null deletion unit 169 deletes Null inserted by the padder 112 ofFIG. 8 from the data from the BB descrambler 168 and supplies the datato a demultiplexer 170.

The demultiplexer 170 separates each of one or more streams (targetdata) multiplexed with the data from the null detection unit 169,applies necessary processing to the streams, and outputs the streams asoutput streams.

Note that the reception apparatus 12 may not be provided with part ofthe blocks illustrated in FIG. 145. That is, for example, in the casewhere the transmission apparatus 11 (FIG. 8) does not include the timeinterleaver 118, the SISO/MISO encoder 119, the frequency interleaver120, and the frequency interleaver 124, the reception apparatus 12 maynot include the time deinterleaver 163, the SISO/MISO decoder 162, thefrequency deinterleaver 161, and the frequency deinterleaver 153 thatare blocks corresponding to the time interleaver 118, the SISO/MISOencoder 119, the frequency interleaver 120, and the frequencyinterleaver 124 of the transmission apparatus 11, respectively.

<Configuration Example of Bit Deinterleaver 165>

FIG. 146 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of thebit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 145.

The bit deinterleaver 165 includes a block deinterleaver 54 and agroup-wise deinterleaver 55 and performs deinterleaving (bitdeinterleaving) of the symbol bits of the symbol that is the data fromthe demapper 164 (FIG. 145).

That is, the block deinterleaver 54 applies block deinterleaving(process opposite the block interleaving), which corresponds to theblock interleaving performed by the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 9, tothe symbol bits of the symbol from the demapper 164, that is, performsblock deinterleaving for returning the positions of the code bits(likelihood of the code bits) of the LDPC code rearranged in the blockinterleaving to the original positions. The block deinterleaver 54supplies the LDPC code obtained as a result of the block deinterleavingto the group-wise deinterleaver 55.

The group-wise deinterleaver 55 applies group-wise deinterleaving(process opposite the group-wise interleaving), which corresponds to thegroup-wise interleaving performed by the group-wise interleaver 24 ofFIG. 9, to the LDPC code from the block deinterleaver 54, that is,performs group-wise deinterleaving for rearranging, on the basis of bitgroups, the code bits of the LDPC code, in which the arrangement ischanged on the basis of bit groups in the group-wise interleavingdescribed in FIG. 144, to restore the original arrangement, for example.

Here, in the case where the parity interleaving, the group-wiseinterleaving, and the block interleaving are applied to the LDPC codesupplied from the demapper 164 to the bit deinterleaver 165, the bitdeinterleaver 165 can perform all of the parity deinterleavingcorresponding to the parity interleaving (process opposite the parityinterleaving, that is, parity deinterleaving for restoring the originalarrangement of the code bits of the LDPC code in which the arrangementis changed in the parity interleaving), the block deinterleavingcorresponding to the block interleaving, and the group-wisedeinterleaving corresponding to the group-wise interleaving.

However, although the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 146 includes theblock deinterleaver 54 that performs the block deinterleavingcorresponding to the block interleaving and the group-wise deinterleaver55 that performs the group-wise deinterleaving corresponding to thegroup-wise interleaving, the bit deinterleaver 165 does not include ablock that performs the parity deinterleaving corresponding to theparity interleaving, and the parity deinterleaving is not performed.

Therefore, the block deinterleaving and the group-wise deinterleavingare performed, and the parity deinterleaving is not performed for theLDPC code supplied from the bit deinterleaver 165 (group-wisedeinterleaver 55 of the bit deinterleaver 165) to the LDPC decoder 166.

The LDPC decoder 166 uses the transformed check matrix obtained byapplying at least the column permutation equivalent to the parityinterleaving to the check matrix H of the type B system used by the LDPCencoder 115 of FIG. 8 in the LDPC coding or uses the transformed checkmatrix (FIG. 29) obtained by applying the row permutation to the checkmatrix of the type A system (FIG. 27) to thereby apply the LDPC decodingto the LDPC code from the bit deinterleaver 165. The LDPC decoder 166outputs, as a decoding result of the LDPC target data, the data obtainedas a result of the LDPC decoding.

FIG. 147 is a flow chart describing a process executed by the demapper164, the bit deinterleaver 165, and the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 146.

In step S111, the demapper 164 demaps the data from the timedeinterleaver 163 (data on the constellation mapped on the constellationpoint) to perform quadrature demodulation of the data and supplies thedata to the bit deinterleaver 165. The process proceeds to step S112.

In step S112, the bit deinterleaver 165 performs deinterleaving (bitdeinterleaving) of the data from the demapper 164, and the processproceeds to step S113.

That is, in step S112, the block deinterleaver 54 of the bitdeinterleaver 165 applies the block deinterleaving to the data (symbol)from the demapper 164 and supplies the code bits of the LDPC codeobtained as a result of the block deinterleaving to the group-wisedeinterleaver 55.

The group-wise deinterleaver 55 applies the group-wise deinterleaving tothe LDPC code from the block deinterleaver 54 and supplies the LDPC code(likelihood of the LDPC code) obtained as a result of the group-wisedeinterleaving to the LDPC decoder 166.

In step S113, the LDPC decoder 166 uses the check matrix H used by theLDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8 in the LDPC coding, that is, uses, forexample, the transformed check matrix obtained from the check matrix H,to apply the LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from the group-wisedeinterleaver 55. The LDPC decoder 166 outputs, as a decoding result ofthe LDPC target data, the data obtained as a result of the LDPC decodingto the BCH decoder 167.

Note that in FIG. 146, although the block deinterleaver 54 that performsthe block deinterleaving and the group-wise deinterleaver 55 thatperforms the group-wise deinterleaving are separated for the convenienceof description as in the case of FIG. 9, the block deinterleaver 54 andthe group-wise deinterleaver 55 can be integrated.

Furthermore, in the case where the transmission apparatus 11 does notperform the group-wise interleaving, the reception apparatus 12 may notinclude the group-wise deinterleaver 55 that performs the group-wisedeinterleaving.

<LDPC Decoding>

The LDPC decoding performed in the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 145 will befurther described.

As described above, the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 145 uses thetransformed check matrix obtained by applying at least the columnpermutation equivalent to the parity interleaving to the check matrix Hof the type B system used by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8 in the LDPCcoding or uses the transformed check matrix (FIG. 29) obtained byapplying the row permutation to the check matrix of the type A system(FIG. 27) to thereby apply the LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from thegroup-wise deinterleaver 55, in which the block deinterleaving and thegroup-wise deinterleaving are performed, and the parity deinterleavingis not performed.

Here, LDPC decoding performed by using the transformed check matrix toallow reducing the operating frequency to a sufficiently realizablerange while reducing the circuit scale is previously proposed (forexample, see Japanese Patent No. 4224777).

Therefore, the previously proposed LDPC decoding using the transformedcheck matrix will be described first with reference to FIGS. 148 to 151.

FIG. 148 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix H ofthe LDPC code, in which the code length N is 90, and the code rate is2/3.

Note that 0 is expressed by a period (.) in FIG. 148 (similar in FIGS.149 and 150 described later).

In the check matrix H of FIG. 148, the parity matrix has the dualdiagonal structure.

FIG. 149 is a diagram illustrating a check matrix H′ obtained byapplying row permutation of Equation (11) and column permutation ofEquation (12) to the check matrix H of FIG. 148.

Row permutation: 6s+t+1st row→5t+s+1st row   (11)

Column permutation: 6x+y+61st column→5y+x+61st column   (12)

Here, s, t, x, and y in Equations (11) and (12) are integers in rangesof 0≤s<5, 0≤t<6, 0≤x<5, and 0≤t<6, respectively.

According to the row permutation of Equation (11), the permutation isperformed such that 1st, 7th, 13th, 19th, and 25th rows, in which theremainder is 1 after dividing the rows by 6, are permuted into 1st, 2nd,3rd, 4th, and 5th rows, respectively, and 2nd, 8th, 14th, 20th, and 26throws, in which the remainder is 2 after dividing the rows by 6, arepermuted into 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th rows, respectively.

In addition, according to the column permutation of Equation (12), thepermutation is applied to the columns from the 61st column (paritymatrix) such that 61st, 67th, 73rd, 79th, and 85th columns, in which theremainder is 1 after dividing the columns by 6, are permuted into 61st,62nd, 63rd, 64th, and 65th columns, respectively, and 62nd, 68th, 74th,80th, and 86th columns, in which the remainder is 2 after dividing thecolumns by 6, are permuted into 66th, 67th, 68th, 69th, and 70thcolumns, respectively.

In this way, the matrix obtained by applying the permutation of rows andcolumns to the check matrix H of FIG. 148 is the check matrix H′ of FIG.149.

Here, the row permutation of the check matrix H does not affect thearrangement of the code bits of the LDPC code.

In addition, the column permutation of Equation (12) is equivalent toparity interleaving for interleaving the (K+qx+y+1)th code bit at theposition of the (K+Py+x+1)th code bit, where the information length K is60, the unit size P is 5, and the divisor q (=M/P) of the parity lengthM (here, 30) is 6.

Therefore, the check matrix H′ of FIG. 149 is a transformed check matrixobtained by performing at least the column permutation for permuting the(K+qx+y+1)th column into the (K+Py+x+1)th column in the check matrix(hereinafter, appropriately referred to as original check matrix) H ofFIG. 148.

When the same permutation as in Equation (12) is applied to the LDPCcode of the original check matrix H of FIG. 148, and the transformedcheck matrix H′ of FIG. 149 is multiplied by the result of thepermutation, a 0 vector is output. That is, Hc^(T) is a 0 vector due tothe nature of the check matrix, and therefore, H′c′T is obviously a 0vector, where c′ represents the row vector obtained by applying thecolumn permutation of Equation (12) to the row vector c that is the LDPCcode (1 code word) of the original check matrix H.

In this way, the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 149 is a checkmatrix of the LDPC code c′ obtained by applying the column permutationof Equation (12) to the LDPC code c of the original check matrix H.

Therefore, the column permutation of Equation (12) can be applied to theLDPC code c of the original check matrix H, and the transformed checkmatrix H′ of FIG. 149 can be used to decode (LDPC decoding) the LDPCcode c′ after the column permutation. The inverse permutation of thecolumn permutation of Equation (12) can be applied to the decodingresult. This can obtain a decoding result similar to the case of usingthe original check matrix H to decode the LDPC code of the check matrixH.

FIG. 150 is a diagram illustrating the transformed check matrix H′ ofFIG. 149 spaced on the basis of 5×5 matrices.

In FIG. 150, the transformed check matrix H′ is represented by acombination of a 5×5 (=P×P) identity matrix that is the unit size P, amatrix in which one or more elements of 1 in the identity matrix are 0(hereinafter, appropriately referred to as quasi-identity matrix), amatrix obtained by applying cyclic shifting to the identity matrix orthe quasi-identity matrix (hereinafter, appropriately referred to asshift matrix), a sum of two or more of the identity matrix, thequasi-identity matrix, and the shift matrix (hereinafter, appropriatelyreferred to as sum matrix), and a 5×5 0 matrix.

It can be stated that the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 150includes the 5×5 identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix, the shiftmatrix, the sum matrix, and the 0 matrix. Therefore, the 5×5 matrices(identity matrix, quasi-identity matrix, shift matrix, sum matrix, and 0matrix) included in the transformed check matrix H′ will beappropriately referred to as constituent matrices.

Architecture for performing P times of check node computation andvariable node computation at the same time can be used to decode theLDPC code of the check matrix represented by the P×P constituentmatrices.

FIG. 151 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of adecoding apparatus that performs the decoding.

That is, FIG. 151 illustrates a configuration example of a decodingapparatus that decodes the LDPC code by using the transformed checkmatrix H′ of FIG. 150 obtained by applying at least the columnpermutation of Equation (12) to the original check matrix H of FIG. 148.

The decoding apparatus of FIG. 151 includes: an edge data storage memory300 including six FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆; a selector 301 that selects theFIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆; a check node calculation unit 302; two cyclicshift circuits 303 and 308; an edge data storage memory 304 includingeighteen FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈; a selector 305 that selects the FIFOs304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈; a reception data memory 306 that stores reception data;a variable node calculation unit 307; a decode word calculation unit309; a reception data rearrangement unit 310; and a decoded datarearrangement unit 311.

First, a method of storing data in the edge data storage memories 300and 304 will be described.

The edge data storage memory 300 includes six FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆, andsix is a number obtained by dividing the number of rows 30 of thetransformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 150 by the number of rows (unit sizeP) 5 of the constituent matrices. The FIFO 300 _(y) (y=1, 2, . . . , 6)includes storage areas in a plurality of stages, and messagescorresponding to five edges, which is the number of rows and the numberof columns (unit size P) of the constituent matrices, can be read fromand written to the storage area of each stage at the same time. Inaddition, the number of stages of the storage areas of the FIFO 300 _(y)is nine that is the maximum number of elements of 1 (Hamming weight) inthe row direction of the transformed check matrix of FIG. 150.

The data corresponding to the positions of 1 from the first row to thefifth row in the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 150 (messages v_(i)from variable nodes) is stored in the FIFO 300 ₁ in a form that the datais suppressed in the horizontal direction in each row (in a form 0 isignored). That is, when the jth row and the ith column are expressed by(j, i), the data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the 5×5 identitymatrix from (1, 1) to (5, 5) of the transformed check matrix H′ isstored in the storage area of the first stage of the FIFO 300 ₁. Thedata corresponding to the positions of 1 in the shift matrix from (1,21) to (5, 25) of the transformed check matrix H′ (shift matrix obtainedby applying the cyclic shifting to the 5×5 identity matrix to the rightby an amount of 3 elements) is stored in the storage area of the secondstage. The data is similarly stored in association with the transformedcheck matrix H′ in the storage areas of the third to eight stages.Furthermore, the data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the shiftmatrix from (1, 86) to (5, 90) of the transformed check matrix H′ (shiftmatrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the 5×5 identitymatrix to the left by an amount of 1 element after permuting 1 in thefirst row into 0) is stored in the storage area of the ninth stage.

The data corresponding to the positions of 1 from the sixth row to thetenth row in the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 150 is stored inthe FIFO 300 ₂. That is, the data corresponding to the positions of 1 ina first shift matrix included in the sum matrix from (6, 1) to (10, 5)in the transformed check matrix H′ (sum matrix that is a sum of thefirst shift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the 5×5identity matrix to the right by an amount of 1 element and a secondshift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the 5×5identity matrix to the right by an amount of 2 elements) is stored inthe storage area of the first stage of the FIFO 300 ₂. In addition, thedata corresponding to the positions of 1 in the second shift matrixincluded in the sum matrix from (6, 1) to (10, 5) in the transformedcheck matrix H′ is stored in the storage area of the second stage.

That is, for the constituent matrices with the weight of 2 or more, thedata corresponding to the positions of 1 in the identity matrix, thequasi-identity matrix, or the shift matrix with the weight of 1(messages corresponding to the edges belonging to the identity matrix,the quasi-identity matrix, or the shift matrix) when the constituentmatrices are expressed in the form of the sum of a plurality of the P×Pidentity matrix with the weight of 1, the quasi-identity matrix in whichone or more elements of 1 in the identity matrix are 0, and the shiftmatrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the identity matrixor the quasi-identity matrix is stored in the same address (the sameFIFO among the FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆).

Subsequently, the data is also stored in the storage areas of the thirdto ninth stages in association with the transformed check matrix H′.

The FIFOs 300 ₃ to 300 ₆ similarly store the data in association withthe transformed check matrix H′.

The edge data storage memory 304 includes eighteen FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304₁₈, and eighteen is a number obtained by dividing the number of columns90 of the transformed check matrix H′ by 5 that is the number of columns(unit size P) of the constituent matrices. The FIFO 304 _(x) (x=1, 2, .. . , 18) includes storage areas in a plurality of stages, and messagescorresponding to five edges, which is the number of rows and the numberof columns (unit size P) of the constituent matrices, can be read fromand written to the storage area of each stage at the same time.

The data corresponding to the positions of 1 from the first row to thefifth row in the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 150 (messages u_(j)from check nodes) is stored in the FIFO 304 ₁ in a form that the data issuppressed in the vertical direction in each column (in a form 0 isignored). That is, the data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the5×5 identity matrix from (1, 1) to (5, 5) of the transformed checkmatrix H′ is stored in the storage area of the first stage of the FIFO304 ₁. The data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the first shiftmatrix included in the sum matrix from (6, 1) to (10, 5) in thetransformed check matrix H′ (sum matrix that is the sum of the firstshift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the 5×5identity matrix to the right by an amount of 1 element and the secondshift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the 5×5identity matrix to the right by an amount of 2 elements) is stored inthe storage area of the second stage. In addition, the datacorresponding to the positions of 1 in the second shift matrix includedin the sum matrix from (6, 1) to (10, 5) in the transformed check matrixH′ is stored in the storage area of the third stage.

That is, for the constituent matrices with the weight of 2 or more, thedata corresponding to the positions of 1 in the identity matrix, thequasi-identity matrix, or the shift matrix with the weight of 1(messages corresponding to the edges belonging to the identity matrix,the quasi-identity matrix, or the shift matrix) when the constituentmatrices are expressed in the form of the sum of a plurality of the P×Pidentity matrix with the weight of 1, the quasi-identity matrix in whichone or more elements of 1 in the identity matrix are 0, and the shiftmatrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the identity matrixor the quasi-identity matrix is stored in the same address (the sameFIFO among the FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈).

Subsequently, the data is also stored in the storage areas of the fourthand fifth stages in association with the transformed check matrix H′.The number of stages of the storage areas of the FIFO 304 ₁ is five thatis the maximum number of elements of 1 (Hamming weight) in the rowdirection in the first to fifth columns of the transformed check matrixH′.

The data is similarly stored in the FIFOs 304 ₂ and 304 ₃ in associationwith the transformed check matrix H′, and the length (the number ofstages) of the data is 5. The data is similarly stored in the FIFOs 304₄ to 304 ₁₂ in association with the transformed check matrix H′, and thelength of the data is 3. The data is similarly stored in the FIFOs 304₁₃ to 304 ₁₈ in association with the transformed check matrix H′, andthe length of the data is 2.

Next, operation of the decoding apparatus of FIG. 151 will be described.

The edge data storage memory 300 includes six FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆ andselects, from the FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆, the FIFOs for storing the dataof five messages D311 supplied from the cyclic shift circuit 308 of theprevious stage according to information (Matrix data) D312 indicatingthe rows of the transformed check matrix H′ in FIG. 150 to which themessages D311 belong. The edge data storage memory 300 sequentiallystores the five messages D311 all at once in the selected FIFOs. Inaddition, when the edge data storage memory 300 reads data, the edgedata storage memory 300 sequentially reads five messages D300 ₁ from theFIFO 300 ₁ and supplies the messages D300 ₁ to the selector 301 of thenext stage. After the edge data storage memory 300 finishes reading themessages from the FIFO 300 ₂, the edge data storage memory 300 alsosequentially reads messages from the FIFOs 300 ₂ to 300 ₆ and suppliesthe messages to the selector 301.

The selector 301 selects five messages from the FIFO, from which thedata is currently read, among the FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆ according to aselect signal D301 and supplies the messages as messages D302 to thecheck node calculation unit 302.

The check node calculation unit 302 includes five check node calculators302 ₁ to 302 ₅. The check node calculation unit 302 uses the messagesD302 (D302 ₁ to D3025) (messages v_(i) in Equation (7)) supplied throughthe selector 301 to perform the check node computation according toEquation (7). The check node calculation unit 302 supplies five messagesD303 (D303 ₁ to D303 ₅) (messages u_(j) in Equation (7)) obtained as aresult of the check node computation to the cyclic shift circuit 303.

The cyclic shift circuit 303 applies the cyclic shifting to the fivemessages D303 ₁ to D303 ₅ obtained by the check node calculation unit302 based on information (Matrix data) D305 indicating the number oftimes the cyclic shifting is applied to the original identity matrix (orquasi-identity matrix) in the transformed check matrix H′ to obtain thecorresponding edges. The cyclic shift circuit 303 supplies the resultsas messages D304 to the edge data storage memory 304.

The edge data storage memory 304 includes eighteen FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈and selects, from the FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈, the FIFOs for storing thedata of the five messages D304 supplied from the cyclic shift circuit303 of the previous stage according to the information D305 indicatingthe rows of the transformed check matrix H′ to which the five messagesD304 belong. The edge data storage memory 304 sequentially stores thefive messages D304 all at once in the selected FIFOs. In addition, whenthe edge data storage memory 304 reads data, the edge data storagememory 304 sequentially reads five messages D306 ₁ from the FIFO 304 ₁and supplies the messages D306 ₁ to the selector 305 of the next stage.After the edge data storage memory 304 finishes reading the data fromthe FIFO 304 ₁, the edge data storage memory 304 also sequentially readsmessages from the FIFOs 304 ₂ to 304 ₁₈ and supplies the messages to theselector 305.

The selector 305 selects five messages from the FIFO, from which thedata is currently read, among the FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈ according to aselect signal D307 and supplies the messages as messages D308 to thevariable node calculation unit 307 and the decode word calculation unit309.

Meanwhile, the reception data rearrangement unit 310 applies the columnpermutation of Equation (12) to an LDPC code D313 corresponding to thecheck matrix H of FIG. 148 received through the communication channel 13to rearrange the LDPC code D313 and supplies the LDPC code D313 asreception data D314 to the reception data memory 306. The reception datamemory 306 calculates a reception LLR (log likelihood ratio) from thereception data D314 supplied from the reception data rearrangement unit310 and stores the reception LLR. The reception data memory 306 suppliesfive reception LLRs at a time as reception values D309 to the variablenode calculation unit 307 and the decode word calculation unit 309.

The variable node calculation unit 307 includes five variable nodecalculators 3071 to 3075. The variable node calculation unit 307 usesthe messages D308 (D308 ₁ to D308 ₅) (messages u_(j) in Equation (1))supplied through the selector 305 and the five reception values D309(reception values u_(0i) in Equation (1)) supplied from the receptiondata memory 306 to perform the variable node computation according toEquation (1). The variable node calculation unit 307 supplies messagesD310 (D310 ₁ to D310 ₅) (messages v_(i) in Equation (1)) obtained as aresult of the computation to the cyclic shift circuit 308.

The cyclic shift circuit 308 applies the cyclic shifting to the messagesD310 ₁ to D310 ₅ calculated by the variable node calculation unit 307based on information indicating the number of times the cyclic shiftingis applied to the original identity matrix (or quasi-identity matrix) inthe transformed check matrix H′ to obtain the corresponding edges. Thecyclic shift circuit 308 supplies the results as messages D311 to theedge data storage memory 300.

One cycle of the operation can be performed to decode the LDPC code once(variable node computation and check node computation). The decodingapparatus of FIG. 151 decodes the LDPC code for a predetermined numberof times, and then, the decode word calculation unit 309 and the decodeddata rearrangement unit 311 obtain and output final decoding results.

That is, the decode word calculation unit 309 includes five decode wordcalculators 309 ₁ to 309 ₅ and uses the five messages D308 (D308 ₁ toD308 ₅) (messages u_(j) in Equation (5)) output by the selector 305 andthe five reception values D309 (reception values u_(0i) in Equation (5))supplied from the reception data memory 306 to calculate decodingresults (decode words) based on Equation (5) in the final stage of theplurality of times of decoding. The decode word calculation unit 309supplies decoded data D315 obtained as a result of the calculation tothe decoded data rearrangement unit 311.

The decoded data rearrangement unit 311 applies inverse permutation ofthe column permutation of Equation (12) to the decoded data D315supplied from the decode word calculation unit 309 to rearrange theorder of the decoded data D315 and outputs a final decoding result D316.

In this way, the architecture can be adopted, in which one or both therow permutation and the column permutation can be applied to the checkmatrix (original check matrix) to convert the check matrix into a checkmatrix (transformed check matrix) that can be expressed by a combinationof the P×P identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix in which one ormore elements of 1 in the P×P identity matrix are 0, the shift matrixobtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the identity matrix or thequasi-identity matrix, the sum matrix that is the sum of a plurality ofthe identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix, and the shift matrix,and the P×P 0 matrix, that is, a combination of constituent matrices. Indecoding the LDPC code, the check node computation and the variable nodecomputation can be performed at the same time for P times that is anumber smaller than the number of rows or the number of columns in thecheck matrix. In the case of adopting the architecture for performingthe node computation (check node computation and variable nodecomputation) at the same time for P times that is a number smaller thanthe number of rows and the number of columns in the check matrix, theoperating frequency can be reduced to a realizable range to repeat thedecoding for a large number of times, as compared to the case ofperforming the node computation at the same time for a number of timesequal to the number of rows or the number of columns in the checkmatrix.

The LDPC decoder 166 included in the reception apparatus 12 of FIG. 145is, for example, configured to perform the LDPC decoding by performingthe check node computation and the variable node computation at the sametime for P times similarly to the decoding apparatus of FIG. 151.

That is, to simplify the description, it is assumed now that the checkmatrix of the LDPC code output by the LDPC encoder 115 of thetransmission apparatus 11 in FIG. 8 is, for example, the check matrix Hillustrated in FIG. 148 in which the parity matrix has the dual diagonalstructure. The parity interleaver 23 of the transmission apparatus 11performs the parity interleaving for interleaving the (K+qx+y+1)th codebit at the position of the (K+Py+x+1)th code bit, in which theinformation length K is set to 60, the unit size P is set to 5, and thedivisor q (=M/P) of the parity length M is set to 6.

The parity interleaving is equivalent to the column permutation ofEquation (12) as described above, and the LDPC decoder 166 does not haveto perform the column permutation of Equation (12).

Therefore, in the reception apparatus 12 of FIG. 145, the LDPC codewithout the parity deinterleaving, that is, the LDPC code in the stateafter the column permutation of Equation (12), is supplied from thegroup-wise deinterleaver 55 to the LDPC decoder 166, and the LDPCdecoder 166 does not perform the column permutation of Equation (12) asdescribed above. Except for that, the LDPC decoder 166 executes aprocess similar to the process of the decoding apparatus of FIG. 151.

That is, FIG. 152 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example ofthe LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 145.

In FIG. 152, the configuration of the LDPC decoder 166 is similar to theconfiguration of the decoding apparatus of FIG. 151 except that thereception data rearrangement unit 310 of FIG. 151 is not provided. TheLDPC decoder 166 executes a process similar to the process of thedecoding apparatus of FIG. 151 except that the column permutation ofEquation (12) is not performed. Therefore, the description will not berepeated.

In this way, the LDPC decoder 166 may not include the reception datarearrangement unit 310. Therefore, the scale can be smaller than thedecoding apparatus of FIG. 151.

Note that in FIGS. 148 to 152, the code length N of the LDPC code is setto 90, the information length K is set to 60, the unit size (the numberof rows and the number of columns in the constituent matrices) P is setto 5, and the divisor q (=M/P) of the parity length M is set to 6 tosimplify the description. However, the code length N, the informationlength K, the unit size P, and the divisor q (=M/P) are not limited tothe values described above.

That is, in the transmission apparatus 11 of FIG. 8, the LDPC encoder115 outputs the LDPC code, in which, for example, the code length N is64800, 16200, 69120, or the like, the information length K is N−Pq(=N−M), the unit size P is 360, and the divisor q is M/P. The LDPCdecoder 166 of FIG. 152 can be applied to a case of applying the checknode computation and the variable node computation at the same time forP times to the LDPC code to perform the LDPC decoding.

Furthermore, in a case where the part of the parity in the decodingresult is not necessary after the LDPC code is decoded by the LDPCdecoder 166, and only the information bits of the decoding result is tobe output, the LDPC decoder 166 may not include the decoded datarearrangement unit 311.

<Configuration Example of Block Deinterleaver 54>

FIG. 153 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of theblock deinterleaver 54 of FIG. 146.

The configuration of the block deinterleaver 54 is similar to theconfiguration of the block interleaver 25 described in FIG. 142.

Therefore, the block deinterleaver 54 includes a storage area calledpart 1 and a storage area called part 2. Each of the parts 1 and 2includes a column as a storage area for storing 1 bit in the rowdirection and storing a predetermined number of bits in the columndirection, and the number of columns arranged in the row direction is Cequal to the number of bits m of the symbol.

The block deinterleaver 54 performs block deinterleaving by writing andreading the LDPC codes to and from the parts 1 and 2.

However, in the block deinterleaving, the writing of the LDPC codes(that are symbols) is performed in the order of the reading of the LDPCcodes read by the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 142.

Furthermore, in the block deinterleaving, the reading of the LDPC codesis performed in the order of the writing of the LDPC codes written bythe block interleaver 25 of FIG. 142.

That is, although the LDPC codes are written to the parts 1 and 2 in thecolumn direction and read from the parts 1 and 2 in the row direction inthe block interleaving by the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 142, the LDPCcodes are written to the parts 1 and 2 in the row direction and readfrom the parts 1 and 2 in the column direction in the blockdeinterleaving by the block deinterleaver 54 of FIG. 153.

<Another Configuration Example of Bit Deinterleaver 165>

FIG. 154 is a block diagram illustrating another configuration exampleof the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 145.

Note that in the figure, the same reference signs are provided to theparts corresponding to the case of FIG. 146, and the description will beappropriately omitted.

That is, the configuration of the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 154 issimilar to the configuration in the case of FIG. 146 except that aparity deinterleaver 1011 is newly provided.

In FIG. 154, the bit deinterleaver 165 includes the block deinterleaver54, the group-wise deinterleaver 55, and the parity deinterleaver 1011and performs bit deinterleaving of the code bits of the LDPC code fromthe demapper 164.

That is, the block deinterleaver 54 applies, to the LDPC code from thedemapper 164, block deinterleaving (process opposite the blockinterleaving) corresponding to the block interleaving performed by theblock interleaver 25 of the transmission apparatus 11, that is, blockdeinterleaving for returning the positions of the code bits replaced inthe block interleaving to the original positions. The blockdeinterleaver 54 supplies the LDPC code obtained as a result of theblock deinterleaving to the group-wise deinterleaver 55.

The group-wise deinterleaver 55 applies, to the LDPC code from the blockdeinterleaver 54, group-wise deinterleaving corresponding to thegroup-wise interleaving as a rearrangement process executed by thegroup-wise interleaver 24 of the transmission apparatus 11.

The LDPC code obtained as a result of the group-wise deinterleaving issupplied from the group-wise deinterleaver 55 to the paritydeinterleaver 1011.

The parity deinterleaver 1011 applies, to the code bits after thegroup-wise deinterleaving by the group-wise deinterleaver 55, paritydeinterleaving (process opposite the parity interleaving) correspondingto the parity interleaving performed by the parity interleaver 23 of thetransmission apparatus 11, that is, parity deinterleaving for restoringthe original arrangement of the code bits of the LDPC code in which thearrangement is changed in the parity interleaving.

The LDPC code obtained as a result of the parity deinterleaving issupplied from the parity deinterleaver 1011 to the LDPC decoder 166.

Therefore, the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 154 supplies, to the LDPCdecoder 166, the LDPC code after the block deinterleaving, thegroup-wise deinterleaving, and the parity deinterleaving, that is, theLDPC code obtained by the LDPC coding according to the check matrix H.

The LDPC decoder 166 applies LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from the bitdeinterleaver 165 by using the check matrix H used by the LDPC encoder115 of the transmission apparatus 11 in the LDPC coding.

That is, for the type B system, the LDPC decoder 166 applies LDPCdecoding to the LDPC code from the bit deinterleaver 165 by using thecheck matrix H (type B system) used by the LDPC encoder 115 of thetransmission apparatus 11 in the LDPC coding or by using the transformedcheck matrix obtained by applying at least the column permutationequivalent to the parity interleaving to the check matrix H. Inaddition, for the type A system, the LDPC decoder 166 applies LDPCdecoding to the LDPC code from the bit deinterleaver 165 by using thecheck matrix (FIG. 28) obtained by applying the column permutation tothe check matrix (type A system) (FIG. 27) used by the LDPC encoder 115of the transmission apparatus 11 in the LDPC coding or by using thetransformed check matrix (FIG. 29) obtained by applying the rowpermutation to the check matrix (FIG. 27) used in the LDPC coding.

Here, the LDPC code obtained by the LDPC coding according to the checkmatrix H is supplied from the bit deinterleaver 165 (paritydeinterleaver 1011 of the bit deinterleaver 165) to the LDPC decoder 166in FIG. 154. Therefore, in the case where the LDPC decoding is appliedto the LDPC code by using the check matrix H of the type B system usedby the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmission apparatus 11 in the LDPCcoding or by using the check matrix (FIG. 28) obtained by applying thecolumn permutation to the check matrix (FIG. 27) of the type A systemused in the LDPC coding, the LDPC decoder 166 can be, for example, adecoding apparatus that performs LDPC decoding based on a full serialdecoding system for sequentially computing the messages (check nodemessages, variable node messages) on a node-by-node basis or a decodingapparatus that performs LDPC decoding based on a full parallel decodingsystem for computing the messages for all of the nodes at the same time(in parallel).

Furthermore, in the case where the LDPC decoder 166 applies the LDPCdecoding to the LDPC code by using the transformed check matrix obtainedby applying at least the column permutation equivalent to the parityinterleaving to the check matrix H of the type B system used by the LDPCencoder 115 of the transmission apparatus 11 in the LDPC coding or byusing the transformed check matrix (FIG. 29) obtained by applying therow permutation to the check matrix (FIG. 27) of the type A system usedin the LDPC coding, the LDPC decoder 166 can be a decoding apparatus(FIG. 151) of architecture for performing the check node computation andthe variable node computation at the same time for P times (or divisorof P other than 1), in which the decoding apparatus includes thereception data rearrangement unit 310 that rearranges the code bits ofthe LDPC code by applying, to the LDPC code, the column permutationsimilar to the column permutation (parity interleaving) for obtainingthe transformed check matrix.

Note that in FIG. 154, although the block deinterleaver 54 that performsthe block deinterleaving, the group-wise deinterleaver 55 that performsthe group-wise deinterleaving, and the parity deinterleaver 1011 thatperforms the parity deinterleaving are separated for the convenience ofdescription, two or more of the block deinterleaver 54, the group-wisedeinterleaver 55, and the parity deinterleaver 1011 can be integratedsimilarly to the parity interleaver 23, the group-wise interleaver 24,and the block interleaver 25 of the transmission apparatus 11.

<Configuration Example of Reception System>

FIG. 155 is a block diagram illustrating a first configuration exampleof a reception system to which the reception apparatus 12 can beapplied.

In FIG. 155, the reception system includes an acquisition unit 1101, atransmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and an informationsource decoding processing unit 1103.

The acquisition unit 1101 acquires a signal including the LDPC codeobtained by applying at least the LDPC coding to the LDPC target data,such as image data and voice data of a program through a transmissionpath (communication channel) not illustrated, such as terrestrialdigital broadcasting, satellite digital broadcasting, CATV network,Internet, and other networks, and supplies the signal to thetransmission path decoding processing unit 1102.

Here, in a case where the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101is broadcasted from, for example, a broadcasting station, through aground wave, a satellite wave, a CATV (Cable Television) network, or thelike, the acquisition unit 1101 includes a tuner, an STB (Set Top Box),and the like. Furthermore, in a case where the signal acquired by theacquisition unit 1101 is transmitted from, for example, a web serverthrough multicast as in IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), theacquisition unit 1101 includes, for example, a network I/F (Interface),such as a NIC (Network Interface Card).

The transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 is equivalent to thereception apparatus 12. The transmission path decoding processing unit1102 applies a transmission path decoding process, which includes atleast a process of correcting an error in the transmission path, to thesignal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 through the transmissionpath and supplies the signal obtained as a result of the process to theinformation source decoding processing unit 1103.

That is, the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 through thetransmission path is a signal obtained by performing at least the errorcorrection coding for correcting the error in the transmission path, andthe transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 applies atransmission path decoding process, such as an error correction process,to the signal.

Here, examples of the error correction coding include LDPC coding andBCH coding. Here, at least the LDPC coding is performed as the errorcorrection coding.

In addition, the transmission path decoding process may includedemodulation of modulation signal or the like.

The information source decoding processing unit 1103 applies aninformation source decoding process, which includes at least a processof decompressing compressed information into original information, tothe signal after the transmission path decoding process.

That is, compression coding for compressing information is applied tothe signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 through thetransmission path in some cases in order to reduce the amount of data ofimages, voice, and the like as information. In that case, theinformation source decoding processing unit 1103 applies the informationsource decoding process, such as a process of decompressing thecompressed information into the original information (decompressionprocess), to the signal after the transmission path decoding process.

Note that in a case where the compression coding is not applied to thesignal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 through the transmissionpath, the information source decoding processing unit 1103 does notexecute the process of decompressing the compressed information into theoriginal information.

Here, an example of the decompression process includes MPEG decoding. Inaddition, the transmission path decoding process may includedescrambling and the like in addition to the decompression process.

In the reception system configured in this way, the acquisition unit1101 applies the compression coding, such as MPEG coding, to the data,such as images and voice. The acquisition unit 1101 further acquires thesignal after the error correction coding, such as LDPC coding, throughthe transmission path and supplies the signal to the transmission pathdecoding processing unit 1102.

The transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 applies thetransmission path decoding process, such as a process similar to theprocess executed by the reception apparatus 12, to the signal from theacquisition unit 1101 and supplies the signal obtained as a result ofthe transmission path decoding process to the information sourcedecoding processing unit 1103.

The information source decoding processing unit 1103 applies theinformation source decoding process, such as MPEG decoding, to thesignal from the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 andoutputs the images or voice obtained as a result of the informationsource decoding process.

The reception system of FIG. 155 can be applied to, for example, a TVtuner that receives television broadcasting as digital broadcasting.

Note that each of the acquisition unit 1101, the transmission pathdecoding processing unit 1102, and the information source decodingprocessing unit 1103 can be one independent apparatus (hardware (such asIC (Integrated Circuit)) or software module).

In addition, as for the acquisition unit 1101, the transmission pathdecoding processing unit 1102, and the information source decodingprocessing unit 1103, a set of the acquisition unit 1101 and thetransmission path decoding processing unit 1102, a set of thetransmission path decoding processing unit 1102 and the informationsource decoding processing unit 1103, or a set of the acquisition unit1101, the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and theinformation source decoding processing unit 1103 can be one independentapparatus.

FIG. 156 is a block diagram illustrating a second configuration exampleof the reception system to which the reception apparatus 12 can beapplied.

Note that in the figure, the same reference signs are provided to theparts corresponding to the case of FIG. 155, and the description will beappropriately omitted.

The reception system of FIG. 156 is common with the case of FIG. 155 inthat the reception system includes the acquisition unit 1101, thetransmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and the informationsource decoding processing unit 1103. The reception system of FIG. 156is different from the case of FIG. 155 in that an output unit 1111 isnewly provided.

The output unit 1111 is, for example, a display apparatus that displaysan image or a speaker that outputs voice. The output unit 1111 outputsan image, voice, or the like as a signal output from the informationsource decoding processing unit 1103. That is, the output unit 1111displays an image or outputs voice.

The reception system of FIG. 156 can be applied to, for example, a TV(television receiver) that receives television broadcasting as digitalbroadcasting, a radio receiver that receives radio broadcasting, or thelike.

Note that in the case where the compression coding is not applied to thesignal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101, the signal output by thetransmission path decoding processing unit 1102 is supplied to theoutput unit 1111.

FIG. 157 is a block diagram illustrating a third configuration exampleof the reception system to which the reception apparatus 12 can beapplied.

Note that in the figure, the same reference signs are provided to theparts corresponding to the case of FIG. 155, and the description will beappropriately omitted.

The reception system of FIG. 157 is common with the case of FIG. 155 inthat the reception system includes the acquisition unit 1101 and thetransmission path decoding processing unit 1102.

However, the reception system of FIG. 157 is different from the case ofFIG. 155 in that the information source decoding processing unit 1103 isnot provided, and a recording unit 1121 is newly provided.

The recording unit 1121 records (causes storage of) a signal (forexample, TS packet of TS of MPEG) output by the transmission pathdecoding processing unit 1102 in a recording (storage) medium, such asan optical disk, a hard disk (magnetic disk), and a flash memory.

The reception system of FIG. 157 can be applied to a recorder thatrecords television broadcasting and the like.

Note that in FIG. 157, the reception system can include the informationsource decoding processing unit 1103, and the signal after theinformation source decoding process applied by the information sourcedecoding processing unit 1103, that is, an image or voice obtained bydecoding, can be recorded in the recording unit 1121.

<Embodiment of Computer>

Next, the series of processes described above can be executed byhardware or can be executed by software. In the case where the series ofprocesses are executed by software, a program included in the softwareis installed on a general-purpose computer or the like.

Therefore, FIG. 158 illustrates a configuration example of an embodimentof the computer in which the program for executing the series ofprocesses is installed.

The program can be recorded in advance in a hard disk 705 or a ROM 703as a recording medium built in the computer.

Alternatively, the program can be temporarily or permanently stored(recorded) in a removable recording medium 711, such as a flexible disk,a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), an MO (Magneto Optical) disk,a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), a magnetic disk, and a semiconductormemory. The removable recording medium 711 can be provided as so-calledpackaged software.

Note that the program can be installed on the computer from theremovable recording medium 711. In addition, the program can bewirelessly transferred from a download site to a computer through asatellite for digital satellite broadcasting or can be transferred froma network, such as a LAN (Local Area Network) and the Internet, to thecomputer through a wire. The computer can receive the programtransferred in this way through a communication unit 708 and install theprogram on the built-in hard disk 705.

The computer includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 702. Aninput-output interface 710 is connected to the CPU 702 through a bus701. When, for example, the user operates an input unit 707 including akeyboard, a mouse, a microphone, or the like to input a command to theCPU 702 through the input-output interface 710, the CPU 702 executes theprogram stored in the ROM (Read Only Memory) 703 according to thecommand. Alternatively, the CPU 702 executes the program by loading, toa RAM (Random Access Memory) 704, the program stored in the hard disk705, the program transferred from the satellite or the network, receivedby the communication unit 708, and installed on the hard disk 705, orthe program read from the removable recording medium 711 mounted on adrive 709 and installed on the hard disk 705. As a result, the CPU 702executes the processes according to the flow charts or the processesexecuted by the components in the block diagrams. In addition, the CPU702 outputs the processing results from an output unit 706 including anLCD (Liquid Crystal Display), a speaker, or the like, through theinput-output interface 710 or transmits the processing results from thecommunication unit 708 as necessary, for example. The CPU 702 furthercauses the processing results to be recorded in the hard disk 705, forexample.

Here, in the present specification, the processing steps describing theprogram for causing the computer to execute various processes may not beprocessed in chronological orders described in the flow charts, and thepresent specification also includes processes executed in parallel orexecuted individually (for example, parallel processing or processesusing objects).

In addition, the program may be processed by one computer, or aplurality of computers may execute distributed processing of theprogram. Furthermore, the program may be transferred to and executed bya computer at a distant place.

Note that the embodiments of the present technique are not limited tothe embodiments described above, and various changes can be made withoutdeparting from the scope of the present technique.

For example, the new LDPC code (check matrix initial value table of thenew LDPC) can be used regardless of whether the communication channel 13(FIG. 7) is a satellite line, a ground wave, a cable (wire line), or thelike. Furthermore, the new LDPC code can also be used for datatransmission other than the digital broadcasting.

Note that the advantageous effects described in the presentspecification are illustrative only, and the advantageous effects arenot limited. There may also be other advantageous effects.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST

11 Transmission apparatus, 12 Reception apparatus, 23 Parityinterleaver, 24 Group-wise interleaver, 25 Block interleaver, 54 Blockdeinterleaver, 55 Group-wise deinterleaver, 111 Modeadaptation/multiplexer, 112 Padder, 113 BB scrambler, 114 BCH encoder,115 LDPC encoder, 116 Bit interleaver, 117 Mapper, 118 Time interleaver,119 SISO/MISO encoder, 120 Frequency interleaver, 121 BCH encoder, 122LDPC encoder, 123 Mapper, 124 Frequency interleaver, 131 Frame builder &resource allocation unit, 132 OFDM generation unit, 151 OFDM operationunit, 152 Frame management unit, 153 Frequency deinterleaver, 154Demapper, 155 LDPC decoder, 156 BCH decoder, 161 Frequencydeinterleaver, 162 SISO/MISO decoder, 163 Time deinterleaver, 164Demapper, 165 Bit deinterleaver, 166 LDPC decoder, 167 BCH decoder, 168BB descrambler, 169 Null deletion unit, 170 Demultiplexer, 300 Edge datastorage memory, 301 Selector, 302 Check node calculation unit, 303Cyclic shift circuit, 304 Edge data storage memory, 305 Selector, 306Reception data memory, 307 Variable node calculation unit, 308 Cyclicshift circuit, 309 Decode word calculation unit, 310 Reception datarearrangement unit, 311 Decoded data rearrangement unit, 601 Codingprocessing unit, 602 Storage unit, 611 Code rate setting unit, 612Initial value table reading unit, 613 Check matrix generation unit, 614Information bit reading unit, 615 Code parity computation unit, 616Control unit, 701 Bus, 702 CPU, 703 ROM, 704 RAM, 705 Hard disk, 706Output unit, 707 Input unit, 708 Communication unit, 709 Drive, 710Input-output interface, 711 Removable recording medium, 1001 Reversereplacement unit, 1002 Memory, 1011 Parity deinterleaver, 1101Acquisition unit, 1102 Transmission path decoding processing unit, 1103Information source decoding processing unit, 1111 Output unit, 1121Recording unit

1. A transmission apparatus comprising: a coding unit performing LDPCcoding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of69120 bits and a code rate r of 9/16, wherein the LDPC code includesinformation bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including 110 3064 6740 7801 10228 13445 17599 1789117979 18044 19923 21848 23262 25585 25968 30124 1578 8914 9141 973110605 11690 12824 18127 18458 24648 24950 25150 26323 26514 27385 274603054 3640 3923 7332 10770 12215 14455 14849 15619 20870 22033 2642728067 28560 29777 29780 1348 4248 5479 8902 9101 9356 10581 11614 1281321554 22985 23701 24099 24575 24786 27370 3266 8358 16544 16689 1669316823 17565 18543 19229 21121 23799 24981 25423 28997 29808 30202 3201198 1549 5407 6080 8542 9352 12418 13391 14736 15012 18328 19398 2339128117 28793 2114 3294 3770 5225 5556 5991 7075 7889 11145 11386 1656118956 19034 23605 26085 27132 3623 4011 4225 5249 5489 5711 7240 983110458 14697 15420 16015 17782 23244 24215 24386 2624 2750 3871 824711135 13702 19290 22209 22975 23811 23931 24872 25154 25165 28375 302001060 1240 2040 2382 7723 9165 9656 10398 14517 16653 21241 22348 2347627203 28443 28445 1070 1233 3416 6633 11736 12808 15454 16505 1872020162 21425 21874 26069 26855 27292 27978 420 5524 10279 11218 1250012913 15389 15824 19414 19588 21138 23846 26621 27907 28594 28781 1511356 2323 3289 4501 10573 13667 14642 16127 17040 17475 18055 2406126204 26567 29277 1410 3656 4080 6963 8834 10527 17490 17584 18065 1923422211 22338 23746 24662 29863 30227 1924 2694 3285 8761 9693 11005 1759221259 21322 21546 21555 24044 24173 26988 27640 28506 1069 6483 65549027 11655 12453 16595 17877 18350 18995 21304 21442 23836 25468 2882029453 149 1621 2199 3141 8403 11974 14969 16197 18844 21027 21921 2226622399 22691 25727 27721 3689 4839 7971 8419 10500 12308 13435 1448716502 16622 17229 17468 22710 23904 25074 28508 1270 7007 9830 1269814204 16075 17613 19391 21362 21726 21816 23014 23651 26419 26748 2719596 1953 2456 2712 2809 3196 5939 10634 21828 24606 26169 26801 2739128578 29725 30142 832 3394 4145 5375 6199 7122 7405 7706 10136 1079215058 15860 21881 23908 25174 25837 730 1735 2917 4106 5004 5849 81948943 9136 17599 18456 20191 22798 27935 29559 6238 6776 6799 9142 1119911867 15979 16830 18110 18396 21897 22590 24020 29578 29644 407 21384493 7979 8225 9467 11956 12940 15566 15809 16058 18211 22073 2831428713 957 1552 1869 4388 7642 7904 13408 13453 16431 19327 21444 2218825719 28511 29192 3617 8663 22378 28704 8598 12647 19278 22416 1517616377 16644 22732 12463 12711 18341 11079 13446 29071 2446 4068 854210838 11660 27428 16403 21750 23199 9181 16572 18381 7227 18770 218587379 9316 16247 8923 14861 29618 6531 24652 26817 5564 8875 18025 801914642 21169 16683 17257 29298 4078 6023 8853 13942 15217 15501 7484 830227199 671 14966 20886 1240 11897 14925 12800 25474 28603 3576 5308 1116813430 15265 18232 3439 5544 21849 3257 16996 23750 1865 14153 22669 764015098 17364 6137 19401 24836 5986 9035 11444 4799 20865 29150 8360 2355429246 2002 18215 22258 9679 11951 26583 2844 12330 18156 3744 6949 147548262 10288 27142 1087 16563 22815 1328 13273 21749 2092 9191 28045 325010549 18252 13975 15172 17135 2520 26310 28787 4395 8961 26753 641315437 19520 5809 10936 17089 1670 13574 25125 5865 6175 21175 8391 1168022660 5485 11743 15165 21021 21798 30209 12519 13402 26300 3472 2593526412 3377 7398 28867 2430 24650 29426 3364 13409 22914 6838 13491 1622918393 20764 28078 289 20279 24906 4732 6162 13569 8993 17053 29387 22105024 24030 21 22976 24053 12359 15499 28251 4640 11480 24391 1083 796516573 13116 23916 24421 10129 16284 23855 1758 3843 21163 5626 1354326708 14918 17713 21718 13556 20450 24679 3911 16778 29952 11735 1371022611 5347 21681 22906 6912 12045 15866 713 15429 23281 7133 17440 2898212355 17564 28059 7658 11158 29885 17610 18755 28852 7680 16212 301118812 10144
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2. A transmission method comprising: a coding step of performing LDPCcoding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of69120 bits and a code rate r of 9/16, wherein the LDPC code includesinformation bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including 110 3064 6740 7801 10228 13445 17599 1789117979 18044 19923 21848 23262 25585 25968 30124 1578 8914 9141 973110605 11690 12824 18127 18458 24648 24950 25150 26323 26514 27385 274603054 3640 3923 7332 10770 12215 14455 14849 15619 20870 22033 2642728067 28560 29777 29780 1348 4248 5479 8902 9101 9356 10581 11614 1281321554 22985 23701 24099 24575 24786 27370 3266 8358 16544 16689 1669316823 17565 18543 19229 21121 23799 24981 25423 28997 29808 30202 3201198 1549 5407 6080 8542 9352 12418 13391 14736 15012 18328 19398 2339128117 28793 2114 3294 3770 5225 5556 5991 7075 7889 11145 11386 1656118956 19034 23605 26085 27132 3623 4011 4225 5249 5489 5711 7240 983110458 14697 15420 16015 17782 23244 24215 24386 2624 2750 3871 824711135 13702 19290 22209 22975 23811 23931 24872 25154 25165 28375 302001060 1240 2040 2382 7723 9165 9656 10398 14517 16653 21241 22348 2347627203 28443 28445 1070 1233 3416 6633 11736 12808 15454 16505 1872020162 21425 21874 26069 26855 27292 27978 420 5524 10279 11218 1250012913 15389 15824 19414 19588 21138 23846 26621 27907 28594 28781 1511356 2323 3289 4501 10573 13667 14642 16127 17040 17475 18055 2406126204 26567 29277 1410 3656 4080 6963 8834 10527 17490 17584 18065 1923422211 22338 23746 24662 29863 30227 1924 2694 3285 8761 9693 11005 1759221259 21322 21546 21555 24044 24173 26988 27640 28506 1069 6483 65549027 11655 12453 16595 17877 18350 18995 21304 21442 23836 25468 2882029453 149 1621 2199 3141 8403 11974 14969 16197 18844 21027 21921 2226622399 22691 25727 27721 3689 4839 7971 8419 10500 12308 13435 1448716502 16622 17229 17468 22710 23904 25074 28508 1270 7007 9830 1269814204 16075 17613 19391 21362 21726 21816 23014 23651 26419 26748 2719596 1953 2456 2712 2809 3196 5939 10634 21828 24606 26169 26801 2739128578 29725 30142 832 3394 4145 5375 6199 7122 7405 7706 10136 1079215058 15860 21881 23908 25174 25837 730 1735 2917 4106 5004 5849 81948943 9136 17599 18456 20191 22798 27935 29559 6238 6776 6799 9142 1119911867 15979 16830 18110 18396 21897 22590 24020 29578 29644 407 21384493 7979 8225 9467 11956 12940 15566 15809 16058 18211 22073 2831428713 957 1552 1869 4388 7642 7904 13408 13453 16431 19327 21444 2218825719 28511 29192 3617 8663 22378 28704 8598 12647 19278 22416 1517616377 16644 22732 12463 12711 18341 11079 13446 29071 2446 4068 854210838 11660 27428 16403 21750 23199 9181 16572 18381 7227 18770 218587379 9316 16247 8923 14861 29618 6531 24652 26817 5564 8875 18025 801914642 21169 16683 17257 29298 4078 6023 8853 13942 15217 15501 7484 830227199 671 14966 20886 1240 11897 14925 12800 25474 28603 3576 5308 1116813430 15265 18232 3439 5544 21849 3257 16996 23750 1865 14153 22669 764015098 17364 6137 19401 24836 5986 9035 11444 4799 20865 29150 8360 2355429246 2002 18215 22258 9679 11951 26583 2844 12330 18156 3744 6949 147548262 10288 27142 1087 16563 22815 1328 13273 21749 2092 9191 28045 325010549 18252 13975 15172 17135 2520 26310 28787 4395 8961 26753 641315437 19520 5809 10936 17089 1670 13574 25125 5865 6175 21175 8391 1168022660 5485 11743 15165 21021 21798 30209 12519 13402 26300 3472 2593526412 3377 7398 28867 2430 24650 29426 3364 13409 22914 6838 13491 1622918393 20764 28078 289 20279 24906 4732 6162 13569 8993 17053 29387 22105024 24030 21 22976 24053 12359 15499 28251 4640 11480 24391 1083 796516573 13116 23916 24421 10129 16284 23855 1758 3843 21163 5626 1354326708 14918 17713 21718 13556 20450 24679 3911 16778 29952 11735 1371022611 5347 21681 22906 6912 12045 15866 713 15429 23281 7133 17440 2898212355 17564 28059 7658 11158 29885 17610 18755 28852 7680 16212 301118812 10144
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3. A reception apparatus comprising: a decoding unit decoding an LDPCcode obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, thetransmission apparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC codingbased on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120bits and a code rate r of 9/16, wherein the LDPC code includesinformation bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including 110 3064 6740 7801 10228 13445 17599 1789117979 18044 19923 21848 23262 25585 25968 30124 1578 8914 9141 973110605 11690 12824 18127 18458 24648 24950 25150 26323 26514 27385 274603054 3640 3923 7332 10770 12215 14455 14849 15619 20870 22033 2642728067 28560 29777 29780 1348 4248 5479 8902 9101 9356 10581 11614 1281321554 22985 23701 24099 24575 24786 27370 3266 8358 16544 16689 1669316823 17565 18543 19229 21121 23799 24981 25423 28997 29808 30202 3201198 1549 5407 6080 8542 9352 12418 13391 14736 15012 18328 19398 2339128117 28793 2114 3294 3770 5225 5556 5991 7075 7889 11145 11386 1656118956 19034 23605 26085 27132 3623 4011 4225 5249 5489 5711 7240 983110458 14697 15420 16015 17782 23244 24215 24386 2624 2750 3871 824711135 13702 19290 22209 22975 23811 23931 24872 25154 25165 28375 302001060 1240 2040 2382 7723 9165 9656 10398 14517 16653 21241 22348 2347627203 28443 28445 1070 1233 3416 6633 11736 12808 15454 16505 1872020162 21425 21874 26069 26855 27292 27978 420 5524 10279 11218 1250012913 15389 15824 19414 19588 21138 23846 26621 27907 28594 28781 1511356 2323 3289 4501 10573 13667 14642 16127 17040 17475 18055 2406126204 26567 29277 1410 3656 4080 6963 8834 10527 17490 17584 18065 1923422211 22338 23746 24662 29863 30227 1924 2694 3285 8761 9693 11005 1759221259 21322 21546 21555 24044 24173 26988 27640 28506 1069 6483 65549027 11655 12453 16595 17877 18350 18995 21304 21442 23836 25468 2882029453 149 1621 2199 3141 8403 11974 14969 16197 18844 21027 21921 2226622399 22691 25727 27721 3689 4839 7971 8419 10500 12308 13435 1448716502 16622 17229 17468 22710 23904 25074 28508 1270 7007 9830 1269814204 16075 17613 19391 21362 21726 21816 23014 23651 26419 26748 2719596 1953 2456 2712 2809 3196 5939 10634 21828 24606 26169 26801 2739128578 29725 30142 832 3394 4145 5375 6199 7122 7405 7706 10136 1079215058 15860 21881 23908 25174 25837 730 1735 2917 4106 5004 5849 81948943 9136 17599 18456 20191 22798 27935 29559 6238 6776 6799 9142 1119911867 15979 16830 18110 18396 21897 22590 24020 29578 29644 407 21384493 7979 8225 9467 11956 12940 15566 15809 16058 18211 22073 2831428713 957 1552 1869 4388 7642 7904 13408 13453 16431 19327 21444 2218825719 28511 29192 3617 8663 22378 28704 8598 12647 19278 22416 1517616377 16644 22732 12463 12711 18341 11079 13446 29071 2446 4068 854210838 11660 27428 16403 21750 23199 9181 16572 18381 7227 18770 218587379 9316 16247 8923 14861 29618 6531 24652 26817 5564 8875 18025 801914642 21169 16683 17257 29298 4078 6023 8853 13942 15217 15501 7484 830227199 671 14966 20886 1240 11897 14925 12800 25474 28603 3576 5308 1116813430 15265 18232 3439 5544 21849 3257 16996 23750 1865 14153 22669 764015098 17364 6137 19401 24836 5986 9035 11444 4799 20865 29150 8360 2355429246 2002 18215 22258 9679 11951 26583 2844 12330 18156 3744 6949 147548262 10288 27142 1087 16563 22815 1328 13273 21749 2092 9191 28045 325010549 18252 13975 15172 17135 2520 26310 28787 4395 8961 26753 641315437 19520 5809 10936 17089 1670 13574 25125 5865 6175 21175 8391 1168022660 5485 11743 15165 21021 21798 30209 12519 13402 26300 3472 2593526412 3377 7398 28867 2430 24650 29426 3364 13409 22914 6838 13491 1622918393 20764 28078 289 20279 24906 4732 6162 13569 8993 17053 29387 22105024 24030 21 22976 24053 12359 15499 28251 4640 11480 24391 1083 796516573 13116 23916 24421 10129 16284 23855 1758 3843 21163 5626 1354326708 14918 17713 21718 13556 20450 24679 3911 16778 29952 11735 1371022611 5347 21681 22906 6912 12045 15866 713 15429 23281 7133 17440 2898212355 17564 28059 7658 11158 29885 17610 18755 28852 7680 16212 301118812 10144
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4. A reception method comprising: a decoding step of decoding an LDPCcode obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, thetransmission apparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC codingbased on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120bits and a code rate r of 9/16, wherein the LDPC code includesinformation bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including 110 3064 6740 7801 10228 13445 17599 1789117979 18044 19923 21848 23262 25585 25968 30124 1578 8914 9141 973110605 11690 12824 18127 18458 24648 24950 25150 26323 26514 27385 274603054 3640 3923 7332 10770 12215 14455 14849 15619 20870 22033 2642728067 28560 29777 29780 1348 4248 5479 8902 9101 9356 10581 11614 1281321554 22985 23701 24099 24575 24786 27370 3266 8358 16544 16689 1669316823 17565 18543 19229 21121 23799 24981 25423 28997 29808 30202 3201198 1549 5407 6080 8542 9352 12418 13391 14736 15012 18328 19398 2339128117 28793 2114 3294 3770 5225 5556 5991 7075 7889 11145 11386 1656118956 19034 23605 26085 27132 3623 4011 4225 5249 5489 5711 7240 983110458 14697 15420 16015 17782 23244 24215 24386 2624 2750 3871 824711135 13702 19290 22209 22975 23811 23931 24872 25154 25165 28375 302001060 1240 2040 2382 7723 9165 9656 10398 14517 16653 21241 22348 2347627203 28443 28445 1070 1233 3416 6633 11736 12808 15454 16505 1872020162 21425 21874 26069 26855 27292 27978 420 5524 10279 11218 1250012913 15389 15824 19414 19588 21138 23846 26621 27907 28594 28781 1511356 2323 3289 4501 10573 13667 14642 16127 17040 17475 18055 2406126204 26567 29277 1410 3656 4080 6963 8834 10527 17490 17584 18065 1923422211 22338 23746 24662 29863 30227 1924 2694 3285 8761 9693 11005 1759221259 21322 21546 21555 24044 24173 26988 27640 28506 1069 6483 65549027 11655 12453 16595 17877 18350 18995 21304 21442 23836 25468 2882029453 149 1621 2199 3141 8403 11974 14969 16197 18844 21027 21921 2226622399 22691 25727 27721 3689 4839 7971 8419 10500 12308 13435 1448716502 16622 17229 17468 22710 23904 25074 28508 1270 7007 9830 1269814204 16075 17613 19391 21362 21726 21816 23014 23651 26419 26748 2719596 1953 2456 2712 2809 3196 5939 10634 21828 24606 26169 26801 2739128578 29725 30142 832 3394 4145 5375 6199 7122 7405 7706 10136 1079215058 15860 21881 23908 25174 25837 730 1735 2917 4106 5004 5849 81948943 9136 17599 18456 20191 22798 27935 29559 6238 6776 6799 9142 1119911867 15979 16830 18110 18396 21897 22590 24020 29578 29644 407 21384493 7979 8225 9467 11956 12940 15566 15809 16058 18211 22073 2831428713 957 1552 1869 4388 7642 7904 13408 13453 16431 19327 21444 2218825719 28511 29192 3617 8663 22378 28704 8598 12647 19278 22416 1517616377 16644 22732 12463 12711 18341 11079 13446 29071 2446 4068 854210838 11660 27428 16403 21750 23199 9181 16572 18381 7227 18770 218587379 9316 16247 8923 14861 29618 6531 24652 26817 5564 8875 18025 801914642 21169 16683 17257 29298 4078 6023 8853 13942 15217 15501 7484 830227199 671 14966 20886 1240 11897 14925 12800 25474 28603 3576 5308 1116813430 15265 18232 3439 5544 21849 3257 16996 23750 1865 14153 22669 764015098 17364 6137 19401 24836 5986 9035 11444 4799 20865 29150 8360 2355429246 2002 18215 22258 9679 11951 26583 2844 12330 18156 3744 6949 147548262 10288 27142 1087 16563 22815 1328 13273 21749 2092 9191 28045 325010549 18252 13975 15172 17135 2520 26310 28787 4395 8961 26753 641315437 19520 5809 10936 17089 1670 13574 25125 5865 6175 21175 8391 1168022660 5485 11743 15165 21021 21798 30209 12519 13402 26300 3472 2593526412 3377 7398 28867 2430 24650 29426 3364 13409 22914 6838 13491 1622918393 20764 28078 289 20279 24906 4732 6162 13569 8993 17053 29387 22105024 24030 21 22976 24053 12359 15499 28251 4640 11480 24391 1083 796516573 13116 23916 24421 10129 16284 23855 1758 3843 21163 5626 1354326708 14918 17713 21718 13556 20450 24679 3911 16778 29952 11735 1371022611 5347 21681 22906 6912 12045 15866 713 15429 23281 7133 17440 2898212355 17564 28059 7658 11158 29885 17610 18755 28852 7680 16212 301118812 10144
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5. A transmission apparatus comprising: a coding unit performing LDPCcoding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of69120 bits and a code rate r of 9/16, wherein the LDPC code includesinformation bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including 344 5260 5449 9663 11572 11933 15244 1857918949 19398 22175 23672 25646 26228 28656 29695 94 6796 7678 7790 929413003 13506 17577 19909 21842 23240 24312 25607 25987 26138 30141 30659660 10194 11700 12775 17826 17987 18011 18139 24640 24992 25167 2557426525 27409 27443 1518 3037 3662 7312 8949 9104 10654 10834 12255 1556918449 20854 26340 26423 28075 29817 3919 4274 5506 8843 9351 12805 1450514817 22069 23012 23697 24041 24857 27342 28623 29808 1366 3228 83869132 10558 11608 16663 16748 18548 21121 21582 23833 24567 25013 2540329764 308 1250 6105 8501 13402 14997 16464 16818 17606 18331 19164 1933423429 28729 29007 30169 1554 3279 5266 5459 5567 5975 7137 7853 937912396 14725 16695 19013 26100 27158 28072 2133 3771 4208 5514 5638 72639895 10454 11108 11387 15416 15975 18907 23647 24254 24409 2608 36363885 4012 5274 8303 11157 13722 14668 17777 22255 22941 23224 2392924944 30207 1070 1235 2018 2770 7700 9196 10392 16689 19241 21249 2347723848 25122 25188 28342 28421 2429 9607 14502 15391 18716 20177 2147321901 22390 26796 27148 27280 28004 28402 998 1213 3439 6597 10328 1123111688 12840 16477 19477 19575 21107 26074 26599 486 1371 3334 5527 1245812880 15407 15875 18054 23790 27937 28635 28771 29282 120 2312 447610565 13656 14622 16086 17050 17477 17581 24038 26200 26615 29827 13483651 4047 6897 8889 10520 17523 18098 19120 22206 22293 23689 2468230177 2079 2735 3279 8789 11028 17564 21316 21515 21532 24039 2413026966 27697 28492 6469 6581 9021 9726 11535 12494 16590 17814 1833819023 21298 21308 21437 28882 151 1046 2232 8476 11980 18863 21898 2233822363 22712 23817 25461 25734 29400 1668 3131 10514 12275 13430 1448514992 16193 16508 16629 17274 21073 25068 27722 3687 4793 7964 8450 990716051 17443 17599 19361 21676 22751 23868 27209 28484 143 1270 699412753 14256 21367 21805 21839 22983 23617 26439 26733 26876 30154 19922512 2731 2804 3245 5915 10631 15085 15832 24562 26149 27402 28617 29672834 3370 4116 5323 6152 7121 7454 7716 10103 10818 21888 23912 2517925823 741 1684 2871 4082 4984 5870 8192 8918 9090 17613 20205 2281627968 29511 370 6780 8411 26549 5927 9312 11874 20454 4336 17108 1840818897 6749 18091 26151 7902 18151 21999 15828 18958 24454 404 1474415626 8591 14022 28659 2040 5109 11281 942 4875 29186 7636 13511 170034387 13433 30206 19971 22197 28180 1903 7945 21440 7599 12181 17498 96279781 29214 5913 19534 19715 17181 18814 22441 9332 10906 22747 1175912446 13494 2153 8541 29548 4064 9514 23731 11472 14128 21164 5437 1596423258 7653 17635 21840 9305 17248 22322 1217 11497 29585 6530 8964 236005541 6473 28616 8027 17996 21190 16475 18933 27974 602 8864 17254 527810823 13942 4219 15579 27155 654 8304 14964 11905 20886 22560 1272420022 25462 5307 11167 28611 3689 13424 15205 2807 16621 18304 559317026 23628 1847 3244 22123 7578 15120 17363 5249 15063 24837 5996 616111489 4804 9001 20869 23529 29222 29282 5215 8637 18187 11992 2225126548 2797 9705 18211 3749 12285 14742 7143 8240 10294 16576 20448 271951063 1109 21510 2094 9194 13298 10566 18281 27976 3243 13978 15137 253617133 28750 4405 8946 26327 6412 10950 26757 5797 17123 19493 1602 1094625184 5840 13553 21189 6175 8343 11687 5480 15151 22652 16701 2183125393 12444 26268 30217 13405 25944 26459 3507 7470 28891 2432 344229419 3410 22921 24658 13423 13472 16250 6851 18360 20810 270 2030328071 4759 13533 24922 6206 9012 17085 2197 24065 29373 4958 23009 240768 15463 28227 11489 12362 24430 4660 7919 16602 1044 13104 24399 1009016288
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6. A transmission method comprising: a coding step of performing LDPCcoding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of69120 bits and a code rate r of 9/16, wherein the LDPC code includesinformation bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including 344 5260 5449 9663 11572 11933 15244 1857918949 19398 22175 23672 25646 26228 28656 29695 94 6796 7678 7790 929413003 13506 17577 19909 21842 23240 24312 25607 25987 26138 30141 30659660 10194 11700 12775 17826 17987 18011 18139 24640 24992 25167 2557426525 27409 27443 1518 3037 3662 7312 8949 9104 10654 10834 12255 1556918449 20854 26340 26423 28075 29817 3919 4274 5506 8843 9351 12805 1450514817 22069 23012 23697 24041 24857 27342 28623 29808 1366 3228 83869132 10558 11608 16663 16748 18548 21121 21582 23833 24567 25013 2540329764 308 1250 6105 8501 13402 14997 16464 16818 17606 18331 19164 1933423429 28729 29007 30169 1554 3279 5266 5459 5567 5975 7137 7853 937912396 14725 16695 19013 26100 27158 28072 2133 3771 4208 5514 5638 72639895 10454 11108 11387 15416 15975 18907 23647 24254 24409 2608 36363885 4012 5274 8303 11157 13722 14668 17777 22255 22941 23224 2392924944 30207 1070 1235 2018 2770 7700 9196 10392 16689 19241 21249 2347723848 25122 25188 28342 28421 2429 9607 14502 15391 18716 20177 2147321901 22390 26796 27148 27280 28004 28402 998 1213 3439 6597 10328 1123111688 12840 16477 19477 19575 21107 26074 26599 486 1371 3334 5527 1245812880 15407 15875 18054 23790 27937 28635 28771 29282 120 2312 447610565 13656 14622 16086 17050 17477 17581 24038 26200 26615 29827 13483651 4047 6897 8889 10520 17523 18098 19120 22206 22293 23689 2468230177 2079 2735 3279 8789 11028 17564 21316 21515 21532 24039 2413026966 27697 28492 6469 6581 9021 9726 11535 12494 16590 17814 1833819023 21298 21308 21437 28882 151 1046 2232 8476 11980 18863 21898 2233822363 22712 23817 25461 25734 29400 1668 3131 10514 12275 13430 1448514992 16193 16508 16629 17274 21073 25068 27722 3687 4793 7964 8450 990716051 17443 17599 19361 21676 22751 23868 27209 28484 143 1270 699412753 14256 21367 21805 21839 22983 23617 26439 26733 26876 30154 19922512 2731 2804 3245 5915 10631 15085 15832 24562 26149 27402 28617 29672834 3370 4116 5323 6152 7121 7454 7716 10103 10818 21888 23912 2517925823 741 1684 2871 4082 4984 5870 8192 8918 9090 17613 20205 2281627968 29511 370 6780 8411 26549 5927 9312 11874 20454 4336 17108 1840818897 6749 18091 26151 7902 18151 21999 15828 18958 24454 404 1474415626 8591 14022 28659 2040 5109 11281 942 4875 29186 7636 13511 170034387 13433 30206 19971 22197 28180 1903 7945 21440 7599 12181 17498 96279781 29214 5913 19534 19715 17181 18814 22441 9332 10906 22747 1175912446 13494 2153 8541 29548 4064 9514 23731 11472 14128 21164 5437 1596423258 7653 17635 21840 9305 17248 22322 1217 11497 29585 6530 8964 236005541 6473 28616 8027 17996 21190 16475 18933 27974 602 8864 17254 527810823 13942 4219 15579 27155 654 8304 14964 11905 20886 22560 1272420022 25462 5307 11167 28611 3689 13424 15205 2807 16621 18304 559317026 23628 1847 3244 22123 7578 15120 17363 5249 15063 24837 5996 616111489 4804 9001 20869 23529 29222 29282 5215 8637 18187 11992 2225126548 2797 9705 18211 3749 12285 14742 7143 8240 10294 16576 20448 271951063 1109 21510 2094 9194 13298 10566 18281 27976 3243 13978 15137 253617133 28750 4405 8946 26327 6412 10950 26757 5797 17123 19493 1602 1094625184 5840 13553 21189 6175 8343 11687 5480 15151 22652 16701 2183125393 12444 26268 30217 13405 25944 26459 3507 7470 28891 2432 344229419 3410 22921 24658 13423 13472 16250 6851 18360 20810 270 2030328071 4759 13533 24922 6206 9012 17085 2197 24065 29373 4958 23009 240768 15463 28227 11489 12362 24430 4660 7919 16602 1044 13104 24399 1009016288
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7. A reception apparatus comprising: a decoding unit decoding an LDPCcode obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, thetransmission apparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC codingbased on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120bits and a code rate r of 9/16, wherein the LDPC code includesinformation bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including 344 5260 5449 9663 11572 11933 15244 1857918949 19398 22175 23672 25646 26228 28656 29695 94 6796 7678 7790 929413003 13506 17577 19909 21842 23240 24312 25607 25987 26138 30141 30659660 10194 11700 12775 17826 17987 18011 18139 24640 24992 25167 2557426525 27409 27443 1518 3037 3662 7312 8949 9104 10654 10834 12255 1556918449 20854 26340 26423 28075 29817 3919 4274 5506 8843 9351 12805 1450514817 22069 23012 23697 24041 24857 27342 28623 29808 1366 3228 83869132 10558 11608 16663 16748 18548 21121 21582 23833 24567 25013 2540329764 308 1250 6105 8501 13402 14997 16464 16818 17606 18331 19164 1933423429 28729 29007 30169 1554 3279 5266 5459 5567 5975 7137 7853 937912396 14725 16695 19013 26100 27158 28072 2133 3771 4208 5514 5638 72639895 10454 11108 11387 15416 15975 18907 23647 24254 24409 2608 36363885 4012 5274 8303 11157 13722 14668 17777 22255 22941 23224 2392924944 30207 1070 1235 2018 2770 7700 9196 10392 16689 19241 21249 2347723848 25122 25188 28342 28421 2429 9607 14502 15391 18716 20177 2147321901 22390 26796 27148 27280 28004 28402 998 1213 3439 6597 10328 1123111688 12840 16477 19477 19575 21107 26074 26599 486 1371 3334 5527 1245812880 15407 15875 18054 23790 27937 28635 28771 29282 120 2312 447610565 13656 14622 16086 17050 17477 17581 24038 26200 26615 29827 13483651 4047 6897 8889 10520 17523 18098 19120 22206 22293 23689 2468230177 2079 2735 3279 8789 11028 17564 21316 21515 21532 24039 2413026966 27697 28492 6469 6581 9021 9726 11535 12494 16590 17814 1833819023 21298 21308 21437 28882 151 1046 2232 8476 11980 18863 21898 2233822363 22712 23817 25461 25734 29400 1668 3131 10514 12275 13430 1448514992 16193 16508 16629 17274 21073 25068 27722 3687 4793 7964 8450 990716051 17443 17599 19361 21676 22751 23868 27209 28484 143 1270 699412753 14256 21367 21805 21839 22983 23617 26439 26733 26876 30154 19922512 2731 2804 3245 5915 10631 15085 15832 24562 26149 27402 28617 29672834 3370 4116 5323 6152 7121 7454 7716 10103 10818 21888 23912 2517925823 741 1684 2871 4082 4984 5870 8192 8918 9090 17613 20205 2281627968 29511 370 6780 8411 26549 5927 9312 11874 20454 4336 17108 1840818897 6749 18091 26151 7902 18151 21999 15828 18958 24454 404 1474415626 8591 14022 28659 2040 5109 11281 942 4875 29186 7636 13511 170034387 13433 30206 19971 22197 28180 1903 7945 21440 7599 12181 17498 96279781 29214 5913 19534 19715 17181 18814 22441 9332 10906 22747 1175912446 13494 2153 8541 29548 4064 9514 23731 11472 14128 21164 5437 1596423258 7653 17635 21840 9305 17248 22322 1217 11497 29585 6530 8964 236005541 6473 28616 8027 17996 21190 16475 18933 27974 602 8864 17254 527810823 13942 4219 15579 27155 654 8304 14964 11905 20886 22560 1272420022 25462 5307 11167 28611 3689 13424 15205 2807 16621 18304 559317026 23628 1847 3244 22123 7578 15120 17363 5249 15063 24837 5996 616111489 4804 9001 20869 23529 29222 29282 5215 8637 18187 11992 2225126548 2797 9705 18211 3749 12285 14742 7143 8240 10294 16576 20448 271951063 1109 21510 2094 9194 13298 10566 18281 27976 3243 13978 15137 253617133 28750 4405 8946 26327 6412 10950 26757 5797 17123 19493 1602 1094625184 5840 13553 21189 6175 8343 11687 5480 15151 22652 16701 2183125393 12444 26268 30217 13405 25944 26459 3507 7470 28891 2432 344229419 3410 22921 24658 13423 13472 16250 6851 18360 20810 270 2030328071 4759 13533 24922 6206 9012 17085 2197 24065 29373 4958 23009 240768 15463 28227 11489 12362 24430 4660 7919 16602 1044 13104 24399 1009016288
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8. A reception method comprising: a decoding step of decoding an LDPCcode obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, thetransmission apparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC codingbased on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120bits and a code rate r of 9/16, wherein the LDPC code includesinformation bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including 344 5260 5449 9663 11572 11933 15244 1857918949 19398 22175 23672 25646 26228 28656 29695 94 6796 7678 7790 929413003 13506 17577 19909 21842 23240 24312 25607 25987 26138 30141 30659660 10194 11700 12775 17826 17987 18011 18139 24640 24992 25167 2557426525 27409 27443 1518 3037 3662 7312 8949 9104 10654 10834 12255 1556918449 20854 26340 26423 28075 29817 3919 4274 5506 8843 9351 12805 1450514817 22069 23012 23697 24041 24857 27342 28623 29808 1366 3228 83869132 10558 11608 16663 16748 18548 21121 21582 23833 24567 25013 2540329764 308 1250 6105 8501 13402 14997 16464 16818 17606 18331 19164 1933423429 28729 29007 30169 1554 3279 5266 5459 5567 5975 7137 7853 937912396 14725 16695 19013 26100 27158 28072 2133 3771 4208 5514 5638 72639895 10454 11108 11387 15416 15975 18907 23647 24254 24409 2608 36363885 4012 5274 8303 11157 13722 14668 17777 22255 22941 23224 2392924944 30207 1070 1235 2018 2770 7700 9196 10392 16689 19241 21249 2347723848 25122 25188 28342 28421 2429 9607 14502 15391 18716 20177 2147321901 22390 26796 27148 27280 28004 28402 998 1213 3439 6597 10328 1123111688 12840 16477 19477 19575 21107 26074 26599 486 1371 3334 5527 1245812880 15407 15875 18054 23790 27937 28635 28771 29282 120 2312 447610565 13656 14622 16086 17050 17477 17581 24038 26200 26615 29827 13483651 4047 6897 8889 10520 17523 18098 19120 22206 22293 23689 2468230177 2079 2735 3279 8789 11028 17564 21316 21515 21532 24039 2413026966 27697 28492 6469 6581 9021 9726 11535 12494 16590 17814 1833819023 21298 21308 21437 28882 151 1046 2232 8476 11980 18863 21898 2233822363 22712 23817 25461 25734 29400 1668 3131 10514 12275 13430 1448514992 16193 16508 16629 17274 21073 25068 27722 3687 4793 7964 8450 990716051 17443 17599 19361 21676 22751 23868 27209 28484 143 1270 699412753 14256 21367 21805 21839 22983 23617 26439 26733 26876 30154 19922512 2731 2804 3245 5915 10631 15085 15832 24562 26149 27402 28617 29672834 3370 4116 5323 6152 7121 7454 7716 10103 10818 21888 23912 2517925823 741 1684 2871 4082 4984 5870 8192 8918 9090 17613 20205 2281627968 29511 370 6780 8411 26549 5927 9312 11874 20454 4336 17108 1840818897 6749 18091 26151 7902 18151 21999 15828 18958 24454 404 1474415626 8591 14022 28659 2040 5109 11281 942 4875 29186 7636 13511 170034387 13433 30206 19971 22197 28180 1903 7945 21440 7599 12181 17498 96279781 29214 5913 19534 19715 17181 18814 22441 9332 10906 22747 1175912446 13494 2153 8541 29548 4064 9514 23731 11472 14128 21164 5437 1596423258 7653 17635 21840 9305 17248 22322 1217 11497 29585 6530 8964 236005541 6473 28616 8027 17996 21190 16475 18933 27974 602 8864 17254 527810823 13942 4219 15579 27155 654 8304 14964 11905 20886 22560 1272420022 25462 5307 11167 28611 3689 13424 15205 2807 16621 18304 559317026 23628 1847 3244 22123 7578 15120 17363 5249 15063 24837 5996 616111489 4804 9001 20869 23529 29222 29282 5215 8637 18187 11992 2225126548 2797 9705 18211 3749 12285 14742 7143 8240 10294 16576 20448 271951063 1109 21510 2094 9194 13298 10566 18281 27976 3243 13978 15137 253617133 28750 4405 8946 26327 6412 10950 26757 5797 17123 19493 1602 1094625184 5840 13553 21189 6175 8343 11687 5480 15151 22652 16701 2183125393 12444 26268 30217 13405 25944 26459 3507 7470 28891 2432 344229419 3410 22921 24658 13423 13472 16250 6851 18360 20810 270 2030328071 4759 13533 24922 6206 9012 17085 2197 24065 29373 4958 23009 240768 15463 28227 11489 12362 24430 4660 7919 16602 1044 13104 24399 1009016288
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9. A transmission apparatus comprising: a coding unit performing LDPCcoding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of69120 bits and a code rate r of 10/16, wherein the LDPC code includesinformation bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including 200 588 3305 4771 6288 8400 11092 1112614245 14255 17022 17190 19241 20350 20451 21069 25243 80 2914 4126 54266129 7790 9546 12909 14660 17357 18278 19612 21168 22367 23314 2480124907 1216 2713 4897 6540 7016 7787 8321 9717 9934 12295 18749 2034421386 21682 21735 24205 24825 6784 8163 8691 8743 10045 10319 1076711141 11756 12004 12463 13407 14682 15458 20771 21060 22914 463 12601897 2128 2908 5157 7851 14177 16187 17463 18212 18221 19212 21864 2419825318 25450 794 835 1163 4551 4597 5792 6092 7809 8576 8862 10986 1216413053 14459 15978 23829 25072 144 4258 4342 7326 8165 9627 11432 1255217582 17621 18145 19201 19372 19718 21036 25147 25774 617 2639 2749 28983414 4305 4802 6183 8551 9850 13679 20759 22501 24244 24331 24631 255871622 2258 4257 6069 10343 10642 11003 12520 13993 17086 18236 1852224679 25361 25371 25595 1826 3926 5021 5905 6192 6839 7678 9136 91889716 10986 11191 12551 14648 16169 16234 2175 2396 2473 8548 9753 1211512208 13469 15438 16985 19350 20424 21357 22819 22830 25671 265 397 66757152 8074 13030 13161 13336 15843 16917 17930 18014 18660 19218 2223624940 5744 6883 7780 7839 8485 10016 10548 12131 12158 16211 16793 1874920570 21757 22255 24489 2082 4768 7025 8803 10237 10932 13885 1426614370 14982 16411 18443 18773 19570 21420 23311 1040 1376 2823 2998 37896636 7755 9819 13705 13868 14176 16202 16247 24943 25196 25489 223 19673289 4541 7420 9881 11086 12868 13550 14760 15434 18287 19098 2090922905 25887 1906 2049 2147 2756 2845 4773 8337 8832 9363 12375 1365116366 17546 20486 21624 22664 1619 1955 2393 3078 3208 3593 5246 856510956 11335 11865 14837 15006 15544 18820 22687 2086 3409 3586 4269 65878650 10165 11241 15624 16728 17814 18392 18667 19859 21132 25339 3821160 1912 3700 3783 12069 14672 16842 18053 19626 20724 21244 2179222679 23873 24517 1217 1486 5139 6774 7413 10622 11571 11697 13406 1348720713 22436 22610 22806 23522 23632 1225 2927 6221 6247 8197 9322 1182611948 12230 13899 15820 16791 17444 23155 24543 24650 1056 2975 60187698 7736 7940 11870 12964 17498 17577 19541 20124 20705 22693 2315125627 658 790 1559 3683 6060 9059 12347 12990 13095 16317 17801 1881620050 20979 23584 25472 1133 3343 6895 7146 7261 8340 9115 11248 1454316030 16291 17972 22369 22479 24388 25280 1907 4021 8277 17631 7807 806310076 24958 5455 8638 13801 18832 15525 24030 24978 7854 21083 211978416 15614 24639 9382 13998 24091 1244 19468 24804 5100 14187 2126312267 18441 22757 185 23294 23412 5136 24218 25509 6159 12323 19472 74909770 19813 1457 2204 4186 14200 15609 18700 4544 6337 17759 3697 1381014537 10853 16611 23001 504 12709 23116 1338 21523 22880 1098 8530 2384613699 19776 25783 3299 3629 16222 1821 2402 12416 11177 20793 2429221580 24038 24094 11769 13819 13950 5388 9428 13527 20320 23996 247522923 14906 18768 911 10059 17607 1535 3090 22968 3398 8243 12265 980110001 20184 11839 15703 16757 1834 13797 14101 4469 11503 14694 40478684 23737 15682 21342 21898 7345 8077 22245 4108 20676 24406 8787 1962522194 8536 15518 20879 3339 15738 19592 2916 13483 23680 3853 1210718338 16962 21265 25429 10181 18667 25563 2867 21873 23535 8601 1972823807 4484 17647 22060 6457 17641 23777 17432 18680 20224 3046 1445319429 807 2064 12639 17630 20286 21847 13703 13720 24044 8382 9588 1033918818 23311 24714 5397 13213 24988 4077 9348 21707 10628 15352 212921075 7625 18287 5771 20506 20926 13545 18180 21566 12022 19203 25134 8612306 20066 7797 10752 15305 2986 4186 9128 9099 17285 24986 3530 1790421836 2283 20216 25272 22562 24667 25143 1673 3837 5198 4188 13181 2206117800 20341 22591 3466 4433 24958 145 7746 23940 4718 15618 19372 273511877 13719 3560 6483 10536 4167 7567 8558 4511 5862 16331 3268 696525578 5552 20627 24489 1425 2331 4414 3352 12606 19595 4653 8383 200299163 22097 24174 7324 16151 20228 280 4353 25404 5173 7657 25604 691013531 22225 18274 19994
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10. A transmission method comprising: a coding step of performing LDPCcoding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of69120 bits and a code rate r of 10/16, wherein the LDPC code includesinformation bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including 200 588 3305 4771 6288 8400 11092 1112614245 14255 17022 17190 19241 20350 20451 21069 25243 80 2914 4126 54266129 7790 9546 12909 14660 17357 18278 19612 21168 22367 23314 2480124907 1216 2713 4897 6540 7016 7787 8321 9717 9934 12295 18749 2034421386 21682 21735 24205 24825 6784 8163 8691 8743 10045 10319 1076711141 11756 12004 12463 13407 14682 15458 20771 21060 22914 463 12601897 2128 2908 5157 7851 14177 16187 17463 18212 18221 19212 21864 2419825318 25450 794 835 1163 4551 4597 5792 6092 7809 8576 8862 10986 1216413053 14459 15978 23829 25072 144 4258 4342 7326 8165 9627 11432 1255217582 17621 18145 19201 19372 19718 21036 25147 25774 617 2639 2749 28983414 4305 4802 6183 8551 9850 13679 20759 22501 24244 24331 24631 255871622 2258 4257 6069 10343 10642 11003 12520 13993 17086 18236 1852224679 25361 25371 25595 1826 3926 5021 5905 6192 6839 7678 9136 91889716 10986 11191 12551 14648 16169 16234 2175 2396 2473 8548 9753 1211512208 13469 15438 16985 19350 20424 21357 22819 22830 25671 265 397 66757152 8074 13030 13161 13336 15843 16917 17930 18014 18660 19218 2223624940 5744 6883 7780 7839 8485 10016 10548 12131 12158 16211 16793 1874920570 21757 22255 24489 2082 4768 7025 8803 10237 10932 13885 1426614370 14982 16411 18443 18773 19570 21420 23311 1040 1376 2823 2998 37896636 7755 9819 13705 13868 14176 16202 16247 24943 25196 25489 223 19673289 4541 7420 9881 11086 12868 13550 14760 15434 18287 19098 2090922905 25887 1906 2049 2147 2756 2845 4773 8337 8832 9363 12375 1365116366 17546 20486 21624 22664 1619 1955 2393 3078 3208 3593 5246 856510956 11335 11865 14837 15006 15544 18820 22687 2086 3409 3586 4269 65878650 10165 11241 15624 16728 17814 18392 18667 19859 21132 25339 3821160 1912 3700 3783 12069 14672 16842 18053 19626 20724 21244 2179222679 23873 24517 1217 1486 5139 6774 7413 10622 11571 11697 13406 1348720713 22436 22610 22806 23522 23632 1225 2927 6221 6247 8197 9322 1182611948 12230 13899 15820 16791 17444 23155 24543 24650 1056 2975 60187698 7736 7940 11870 12964 17498 17577 19541 20124 20705 22693 2315125627 658 790 1559 3683 6060 9059 12347 12990 13095 16317 17801 1881620050 20979 23584 25472 1133 3343 6895 7146 7261 8340 9115 11248 1454316030 16291 17972 22369 22479 24388 25280 1907 4021 8277 17631 7807 806310076 24958 5455 8638 13801 18832 15525 24030 24978 7854 21083 211978416 15614 24639 9382 13998 24091 1244 19468 24804 5100 14187 2126312267 18441 22757 185 23294 23412 5136 24218 25509 6159 12323 19472 74909770 19813 1457 2204 4186 14200 15609 18700 4544 6337 17759 3697 1381014537 10853 16611 23001 504 12709 23116 1338 21523 22880 1098 8530 2384613699 19776 25783 3299 3629 16222 1821 2402 12416 11177 20793 2429221580 24038 24094 11769 13819 13950 5388 9428 13527 20320 23996 247522923 14906 18768 911 10059 17607 1535 3090 22968 3398 8243 12265 980110001 20184 11839 15703 16757 1834 13797 14101 4469 11503 14694 40478684 23737 15682 21342 21898 7345 8077 22245 4108 20676 24406 8787 1962522194 8536 15518 20879 3339 15738 19592 2916 13483 23680 3853 1210718338 16962 21265 25429 10181 18667 25563 2867 21873 23535 8601 1972823807 4484 17647 22060 6457 17641 23777 17432 18680 20224 3046 1445319429 807 2064 12639 17630 20286 21847 13703 13720 24044 8382 9588 1033918818 23311 24714 5397 13213 24988 4077 9348 21707 10628 15352 212921075 7625 18287 5771 20506 20926 13545 18180 21566 12022 19203 25134 8612306 20066 7797 10752 15305 2986 4186 9128 9099 17285 24986 3530 1790421836 2283 20216 25272 22562 24667 25143 1673 3837 5198 4188 13181 2206117800 20341 22591 3466 4433 24958 145 7746 23940 4718 15618 19372 273511877 13719 3560 6483 10536 4167 7567 8558 4511 5862 16331 3268 696525578 5552 20627 24489 1425 2331 4414 3352 12606 19595 4653 8383 200299163 22097 24174 7324 16151 20228 280 4353 25404 5173 7657 25604 691013531 22225 18274 19994
 21778.


11. A reception apparatus comprising: a decoding unit decoding an LDPCcode obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, thetransmission apparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC codingbased on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120bits and a code rate r of 10/16, wherein the LDPC code includesinformation bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including 200 588 3305 4771 6288 8400 11092 1112614245 14255 17022 17190 19241 20350 20451 21069 25243 80 2914 4126 54266129 7790 9546 12909 14660 17357 18278 19612 21168 22367 23314 2480124907 1216 2713 4897 6540 7016 7787 8321 9717 9934 12295 18749 2034421386 21682 21735 24205 24825 6784 8163 8691 8743 10045 10319 1076711141 11756 12004 12463 13407 14682 15458 20771 21060 22914 463 12601897 2128 2908 5157 7851 14177 16187 17463 18212 18221 19212 21864 2419825318 25450 794 835 1163 4551 4597 5792 6092 7809 8576 8862 10986 1216413053 14459 15978 23829 25072 144 4258 4342 7326 8165 9627 11432 1255217582 17621 18145 19201 19372 19718 21036 25147 25774 617 2639 2749 28983414 4305 4802 6183 8551 9850 13679 20759 22501 24244 24331 24631 255871622 2258 4257 6069 10343 10642 11003 12520 13993 17086 18236 1852224679 25361 25371 25595 1826 3926 5021 5905 6192 6839 7678 9136 91889716 10986 11191 12551 14648 16169 16234 2175 2396 2473 8548 9753 1211512208 13469 15438 16985 19350 20424 21357 22819 22830 25671 265 397 66757152 8074 13030 13161 13336 15843 16917 17930 18014 18660 19218 2223624940 5744 6883 7780 7839 8485 10016 10548 12131 12158 16211 16793 1874920570 21757 22255 24489 2082 4768 7025 8803 10237 10932 13885 1426614370 14982 16411 18443 18773 19570 21420 23311 1040 1376 2823 2998 37896636 7755 9819 13705 13868 14176 16202 16247 24943 25196 25489 223 19673289 4541 7420 9881 11086 12868 13550 14760 15434 18287 19098 2090922905 25887 1906 2049 2147 2756 2845 4773 8337 8832 9363 12375 1365116366 17546 20486 21624 22664 1619 1955 2393 3078 3208 3593 5246 856510956 11335 11865 14837 15006 15544 18820 22687 2086 3409 3586 4269 65878650 10165 11241 15624 16728 17814 18392 18667 19859 21132 25339 3821160 1912 3700 3783 12069 14672 16842 18053 19626 20724 21244 2179222679 23873 24517 1217 1486 5139 6774 7413 10622 11571 11697 13406 1348720713 22436 22610 22806 23522 23632 1225 2927 6221 6247 8197 9322 1182611948 12230 13899 15820 16791 17444 23155 24543 24650 1056 2975 60187698 7736 7940 11870 12964 17498 17577 19541 20124 20705 22693 2315125627 658 790 1559 3683 6060 9059 12347 12990 13095 16317 17801 1881620050 20979 23584 25472 1133 3343 6895 7146 7261 8340 9115 11248 1454316030 16291 17972 22369 22479 24388 25280 1907 4021 8277 17631 7807 806310076 24958 5455 8638 13801 18832 15525 24030 24978 7854 21083 211978416 15614 24639 9382 13998 24091 1244 19468 24804 5100 14187 2126312267 18441 22757 185 23294 23412 5136 24218 25509 6159 12323 19472 74909770 19813 1457 2204 4186 14200 15609 18700 4544 6337 17759 3697 1381014537 10853 16611 23001 504 12709 23116 1338 21523 22880 1098 8530 2384613699 19776 25783 3299 3629 16222 1821 2402 12416 11177 20793 2429221580 24038 24094 11769 13819 13950 5388 9428 13527 20320 23996 247522923 14906 18768 911 10059 17607 1535 3090 22968 3398 8243 12265 980110001 20184 11839 15703 16757 1834 13797 14101 4469 11503 14694 40478684 23737 15682 21342 21898 7345 8077 22245 4108 20676 24406 8787 1962522194 8536 15518 20879 3339 15738 19592 2916 13483 23680 3853 1210718338 16962 21265 25429 10181 18667 25563 2867 21873 23535 8601 1972823807 4484 17647 22060 6457 17641 23777 17432 18680 20224 3046 1445319429 807 2064 12639 17630 20286 21847 13703 13720 24044 8382 9588 1033918818 23311 24714 5397 13213 24988 4077 9348 21707 10628 15352 212921075 7625 18287 5771 20506 20926 13545 18180 21566 12022 19203 25134 8612306 20066 7797 10752 15305 2986 4186 9128 9099 17285 24986 3530 1790421836 2283 20216 25272 22562 24667 25143 1673 3837 5198 4188 13181 2206117800 20341 22591 3466 4433 24958 145 7746 23940 4718 15618 19372 273511877 13719 3560 6483 10536 4167 7567 8558 4511 5862 16331 3268 696525578 5552 20627 24489 1425 2331 4414 3352 12606 19595 4653 8383 200299163 22097 24174 7324 16151 20228 280 4353 25404 5173 7657 25604 691013531 22225 18274 19994
 21778.


12. A reception method comprising: a decoding step of decoding an LDPCcode obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, thetransmission apparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC codingbased on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120bits and a code rate r of 10/16, wherein the LDPC code includesinformation bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including 200 588 3305 4771 6288 8400 11092 1112614245 14255 17022 17190 19241 20350 20451 21069 25243 80 2914 4126 54266129 7790 9546 12909 14660 17357 18278 19612 21168 22367 23314 2480124907 1216 2713 4897 6540 7016 7787 8321 9717 9934 12295 18749 2034421386 21682 21735 24205 24825 6784 8163 8691 8743 10045 10319 1076711141 11756 12004 12463 13407 14682 15458 20771 21060 22914 463 12601897 2128 2908 5157 7851 14177 16187 17463 18212 18221 19212 21864 2419825318 25450 794 835 1163 4551 4597 5792 6092 7809 8576 8862 10986 1216413053 14459 15978 23829 25072 144 4258 4342 7326 8165 9627 11432 1255217582 17621 18145 19201 19372 19718 21036 25147 25774 617 2639 2749 28983414 4305 4802 6183 8551 9850 13679 20759 22501 24244 24331 24631 255871622 2258 4257 6069 10343 10642 11003 12520 13993 17086 18236 1852224679 25361 25371 25595 1826 3926 5021 5905 6192 6839 7678 9136 91889716 10986 11191 12551 14648 16169 16234 2175 2396 2473 8548 9753 1211512208 13469 15438 16985 19350 20424 21357 22819 22830 25671 265 397 66757152 8074 13030 13161 13336 15843 16917 17930 18014 18660 19218 2223624940 5744 6883 7780 7839 8485 10016 10548 12131 12158 16211 16793 1874920570 21757 22255 24489 2082 4768 7025 8803 10237 10932 13885 1426614370 14982 16411 18443 18773 19570 21420 23311 1040 1376 2823 2998 37896636 7755 9819 13705 13868 14176 16202 16247 24943 25196 25489 223 19673289 4541 7420 9881 11086 12868 13550 14760 15434 18287 19098 2090922905 25887 1906 2049 2147 2756 2845 4773 8337 8832 9363 12375 1365116366 17546 20486 21624 22664 1619 1955 2393 3078 3208 3593 5246 856510956 11335 11865 14837 15006 15544 18820 22687 2086 3409 3586 4269 65878650 10165 11241 15624 16728 17814 18392 18667 19859 21132 25339 3821160 1912 3700 3783 12069 14672 16842 18053 19626 20724 21244 2179222679 23873 24517 1217 1486 5139 6774 7413 10622 11571 11697 13406 1348720713 22436 22610 22806 23522 23632 1225 2927 6221 6247 8197 9322 1182611948 12230 13899 15820 16791 17444 23155 24543 24650 1056 2975 60187698 7736 7940 11870 12964 17498 17577 19541 20124 20705 22693 2315125627 658 790 1559 3683 6060 9059 12347 12990 13095 16317 17801 1881620050 20979 23584 25472 1133 3343 6895 7146 7261 8340 9115 11248 1454316030 16291 17972 22369 22479 24388 25280 1907 4021 8277 17631 7807 806310076 24958 5455 8638 13801 18832 15525 24030 24978 7854 21083 211978416 15614 24639 9382 13998 24091 1244 19468 24804 5100 14187 2126312267 18441 22757 185 23294 23412 5136 24218 25509 6159 12323 19472 74909770 19813 1457 2204 4186 14200 15609 18700 4544 6337 17759 3697 1381014537 10853 16611 23001 504 12709 23116 1338 21523 22880 1098 8530 2384613699 19776 25783 3299 3629 16222 1821 2402 12416 11177 20793 2429221580 24038 24094 11769 13819 13950 5388 9428 13527 20320 23996 247522923 14906 18768 911 10059 17607 1535 3090 22968 3398 8243 12265 980110001 20184 11839 15703 16757 1834 13797 14101 4469 11503 14694 40478684 23737 15682 21342 21898 7345 8077 22245 4108 20676 24406 8787 1962522194 8536 15518 20879 3339 15738 19592 2916 13483 23680 3853 1210718338 16962 21265 25429 10181 18667 25563 2867 21873 23535 8601 1972823807 4484 17647 22060 6457 17641 23777 17432 18680 20224 3046 1445319429 807 2064 12639 17630 20286 21847 13703 13720 24044 8382 9588 1033918818 23311 24714 5397 13213 24988 4077 9348 21707 10628 15352 212921075 7625 18287 5771 20506 20926 13545 18180 21566 12022 19203 25134 8612306 20066 7797 10752 15305 2986 4186 9128 9099 17285 24986 3530 1790421836 2283 20216 25272 22562 24667 25143 1673 3837 5198 4188 13181 2206117800 20341 22591 3466 4433 24958 145 7746 23940 4718 15618 19372 273511877 13719 3560 6483 10536 4167 7567 8558 4511 5862 16331 3268 696525578 5552 20627 24489 1425 2331 4414 3352 12606 19595 4653 8383 200299163 22097 24174 7324 16151 20228 280 4353 25404 5173 7657 25604 691013531 22225 18274 19994
 21778.


13. A transmission apparatus comprising: a coding unit performing LDPCcoding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of69120 bits and a code rate r of 10/16, wherein the LDPC code includesinformation bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including 271 1020 5185 7275 8003 11480 12855 1417514467 15086 15696 16443 16565 18130 20056 24630 24862 25892 1339 18532850 3222 4490 4644 4818 5174 6072 6698 10681 12635 14197 16281 2024722338 23417 24076 3129 3405 3651 4498 4751 4876 6253 8473 8938 9552 976112593 13222 13694 15200 16230 20806 20887 1055 2296 2308 3380 7113 952411765 16519 19064 19672 19895 20421 20498 21381 21565 21587 24283 25908932 1729 2020 6611 7879 8243 8912 12436 14276 16021 18171 19185 2015423285 23342 24000 24372 24391 802 1025 2896 5686 9630 10075 10956 1323814133 16693 16799 17305 18117 18375 18739 22385 22805 23012 365 11602879 4714 8810 10702 11054 13219 13599 14592 15414 20406 20592 2277424045 24529 24666 25074 113 1165 1947 3823 5944 9058 9129 11673 1256013816 14978 15027 15095 19019 20354 22452 25588 1637 2422 3115 3487 75007590 15048 15512 16354 18274 18449 19120 20724 21135 23145 23732 259112845 5592 7719 8334 9489 9892 10722 15313 15721 16306 18219 18232 1838718503 20614 24467 24761 114 903 1910 5652 7270 10269 14202 16169 1883519131 19208 19475 20389 21871 22037 23766 25226 1391 2688 6776 900110533 11495 12445 12868 13853 14176 14195 14764 18050 19508 20450 2146524422 1118 3116 4245 5978 7207 8450 10891 13765 14966 15115 16605 1830018630 19680 22654 22905 23307 99 2340 2383 2766 5097 9097 12169 1866918716 20237 21059 22426 22990 23495 24511 25416 25790 701 1693 2106 28974540 5298 6106 6380 6604 8683 9279 12937 13575 18789 20512 21598 22132608 1473 2459 3522 3593 4295 5008 7004 7699 7786 14450 15096 15830 1728619571 23907 25288 5399 5791 5815 6785 7837 9632 10181 13688 15504 1559415783 18758 18900 19305 20550 25385 25404 355 819 1841 3868 6517 70548097 10246 11123 11573 13354 13565 13807 14072 24327 24620 25028 12961630 3750 5091 6496 6780 7154 8414 11468 15004 16441 16619 18374 1904722090 24448 24606 1818 3512 7338 7994 8149 8875 9345 9985 10716 1156813029 16063 16709 19295 19487 20368 24977 1024 2737 3819 5584 6314 76837965 9796 13695 13917 14267 16079 18133 18763 19880 20213 25354 509 34894746 5544 6877 7607 9237 11923 12548 13078 14148 14809 15479 18172 2302623320 24011 565 3039 3652 4540 7101 9564 10165 10898 11473 12788 1288413091 15654 17926 19344 21818 24494 1554 2393 2767 4498 4755 5179 53066509 9849 12108 12920 14191 14607 14854 18992 20294 21249 1680 2417 41227193 7727 8288 10235 10518 12601 15579 15606 17894 19077 20170 2280725023 25075 5260 7065 8165 8835 925 1768 14353 17531 946 1215 1772 12359816 8662 9026 2813 12966 16694 2230 11960 14896 3800 24516 25345 54848458 23922 4987 9596 19066 1436 9374 14690 5028 11659 21771 5315 716518489 10407 12975 19434 5145 10245 18045 10673 22010 25886 11519 2218722639 2980 24742 25213 3076 6738 25207 2739 2928 21112 11489 11589 197585855 14238 15751 17401 17827 24389 824 11592 21377 5183 5873 7732 187614696 25162 4304 20607 20618 10 13313 19688 9836 11073 25026 4018 677120919 927 14197 20942 8641 12334 21236 3269 14018 20385 2351 4788 1811811617 18588 22838 12792 15919 21163 3349 11643 17565 14371 19374 2564910067 11785 19622 4569 13536 18587 5964 10331 13181 599 19974 24864 611214924 15064 6583 10602 24102 9557 24762 25615 6604 15093 16126 866114067 25778 7528 13483 14749 2778 5178 17304 9446 14594 20687 4643 983510941 9150 16139 21198 2718 10848 25290 7441 8240 16973 11007 1871522798 14372 14528 25882 12746 22454 23509 460 6355 23769 12219 1642420964 2807 9851 19461 1927 9166 15241 6383 20232 24804 6897 12660 14081974 21928 23655 3028 3106 15497 853 1253 16940 7120 13030 17698 48997645 13181 3241 17169 25337 818 10204 15188 5719 19557 20043 15487 1801622407 2235 3953 22675 4744 10340 24145 7241 9321 25600 7221 11284 168194930 23831 23960 6080 10021 14223 1735 2786 4567 4388 8739 18918 92989450 19150 1233 13832 24372 15796 15975 21750 6155 15182 18451 203 1120219855 16073 23604 25852 98 19028 20997 7921 11254 12101 6747 7647 89522010 19596 24301 7463 19200 24382 1705 17928 25288 2005 9490 17390 341311573 17375 9213 13062 14270 1307 15050
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14. A transmission method comprising: a coding step of performing LDPCcoding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of69120 bits and a code rate r of 10/16, wherein the LDPC code includesinformation bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including 271 1020 5185 7275 8003 11480 12855 1417514467 15086 15696 16443 16565 18130 20056 24630 24862 25892 1339 18532850 3222 4490 4644 4818 5174 6072 6698 10681 12635 14197 16281 2024722338 23417 24076 3129 3405 3651 4498 4751 4876 6253 8473 8938 9552 976112593 13222 13694 15200 16230 20806 20887 1055 2296 2308 3380 7113 952411765 16519 19064 19672 19895 20421 20498 21381 21565 21587 24283 25908932 1729 2020 6611 7879 8243 8912 12436 14276 16021 18171 19185 2015423285 23342 24000 24372 24391 802 1025 2896 5686 9630 10075 10956 1323814133 16693 16799 17305 18117 18375 18739 22385 22805 23012 365 11602879 4714 8810 10702 11054 13219 13599 14592 15414 20406 20592 2277424045 24529 24666 25074 113 1165 1947 3823 5944 9058 9129 11673 1256013816 14978 15027 15095 19019 20354 22452 25588 1637 2422 3115 3487 75007590 15048 15512 16354 18274 18449 19120 20724 21135 23145 23732 259112845 5592 7719 8334 9489 9892 10722 15313 15721 16306 18219 18232 1838718503 20614 24467 24761 114 903 1910 5652 7270 10269 14202 16169 1883519131 19208 19475 20389 21871 22037 23766 25226 1391 2688 6776 900110533 11495 12445 12868 13853 14176 14195 14764 18050 19508 20450 2146524422 1118 3116 4245 5978 7207 8450 10891 13765 14966 15115 16605 1830018630 19680 22654 22905 23307 99 2340 2383 2766 5097 9097 12169 1866918716 20237 21059 22426 22990 23495 24511 25416 25790 701 1693 2106 28974540 5298 6106 6380 6604 8683 9279 12937 13575 18789 20512 21598 22132608 1473 2459 3522 3593 4295 5008 7004 7699 7786 14450 15096 15830 1728619571 23907 25288 5399 5791 5815 6785 7837 9632 10181 13688 15504 1559415783 18758 18900 19305 20550 25385 25404 355 819 1841 3868 6517 70548097 10246 11123 11573 13354 13565 13807 14072 24327 24620 25028 12961630 3750 5091 6496 6780 7154 8414 11468 15004 16441 16619 18374 1904722090 24448 24606 1818 3512 7338 7994 8149 8875 9345 9985 10716 1156813029 16063 16709 19295 19487 20368 24977 1024 2737 3819 5584 6314 76837965 9796 13695 13917 14267 16079 18133 18763 19880 20213 25354 509 34894746 5544 6877 7607 9237 11923 12548 13078 14148 14809 15479 18172 2302623320 24011 565 3039 3652 4540 7101 9564 10165 10898 11473 12788 1288413091 15654 17926 19344 21818 24494 1554 2393 2767 4498 4755 5179 53066509 9849 12108 12920 14191 14607 14854 18992 20294 21249 1680 2417 41227193 7727 8288 10235 10518 12601 15579 15606 17894 19077 20170 2280725023 25075 5260 7065 8165 8835 925 1768 14353 17531 946 1215 1772 12359816 8662 9026 2813 12966 16694 2230 11960 14896 3800 24516 25345 54848458 23922 4987 9596 19066 1436 9374 14690 5028 11659 21771 5315 716518489 10407 12975 19434 5145 10245 18045 10673 22010 25886 11519 2218722639 2980 24742 25213 3076 6738 25207 2739 2928 21112 11489 11589 197585855 14238 15751 17401 17827 24389 824 11592 21377 5183 5873 7732 187614696 25162 4304 20607 20618 10 13313 19688 9836 11073 25026 4018 677120919 927 14197 20942 8641 12334 21236 3269 14018 20385 2351 4788 1811811617 18588 22838 12792 15919 21163 3349 11643 17565 14371 19374 2564910067 11785 19622 4569 13536 18587 5964 10331 13181 599 19974 24864 611214924 15064 6583 10602 24102 9557 24762 25615 6604 15093 16126 866114067 25778 7528 13483 14749 2778 5178 17304 9446 14594 20687 4643 983510941 9150 16139 21198 2718 10848 25290 7441 8240 16973 11007 1871522798 14372 14528 25882 12746 22454 23509 460 6355 23769 12219 1642420964 2807 9851 19461 1927 9166 15241 6383 20232 24804 6897 12660 14081974 21928 23655 3028 3106 15497 853 1253 16940 7120 13030 17698 48997645 13181 3241 17169 25337 818 10204 15188 5719 19557 20043 15487 1801622407 2235 3953 22675 4744 10340 24145 7241 9321 25600 7221 11284 168194930 23831 23960 6080 10021 14223 1735 2786 4567 4388 8739 18918 92989450 19150 1233 13832 24372 15796 15975 21750 6155 15182 18451 203 1120219855 16073 23604 25852 98 19028 20997 7921 11254 12101 6747 7647 89522010 19596 24301 7463 19200 24382 1705 17928 25288 2005 9490 17390 341311573 17375 9213 13062 14270 1307 15050
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15. A reception apparatus comprising: a decoding unit decoding an LDPCcode obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, thetransmission apparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC codingbased on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120bits and a code rate r of 10/16, wherein the LDPC code includesinformation bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including 271 1020 5185 7275 8003 11480 12855 1417514467 15086 15696 16443 16565 18130 20056 24630 24862 25892 1339 18532850 3222 4490 4644 4818 5174 6072 6698 10681 12635 14197 16281 2024722338 23417 24076 3129 3405 3651 4498 4751 4876 6253 8473 8938 9552 976112593 13222 13694 15200 16230 20806 20887 1055 2296 2308 3380 7113 952411765 16519 19064 19672 19895 20421 20498 21381 21565 21587 24283 25908932 1729 2020 6611 7879 8243 8912 12436 14276 16021 18171 19185 2015423285 23342 24000 24372 24391 802 1025 2896 5686 9630 10075 10956 1323814133 16693 16799 17305 18117 18375 18739 22385 22805 23012 365 11602879 4714 8810 10702 11054 13219 13599 14592 15414 20406 20592 2277424045 24529 24666 25074 113 1165 1947 3823 5944 9058 9129 11673 1256013816 14978 15027 15095 19019 20354 22452 25588 1637 2422 3115 3487 75007590 15048 15512 16354 18274 18449 19120 20724 21135 23145 23732 259112845 5592 7719 8334 9489 9892 10722 15313 15721 16306 18219 18232 1838718503 20614 24467 24761 114 903 1910 5652 7270 10269 14202 16169 1883519131 19208 19475 20389 21871 22037 23766 25226 1391 2688 6776 900110533 11495 12445 12868 13853 14176 14195 14764 18050 19508 20450 2146524422 1118 3116 4245 5978 7207 8450 10891 13765 14966 15115 16605 1830018630 19680 22654 22905 23307 99 2340 2383 2766 5097 9097 12169 1866918716 20237 21059 22426 22990 23495 24511 25416 25790 701 1693 2106 28974540 5298 6106 6380 6604 8683 9279 12937 13575 18789 20512 21598 22132608 1473 2459 3522 3593 4295 5008 7004 7699 7786 14450 15096 15830 1728619571 23907 25288 5399 5791 5815 6785 7837 9632 10181 13688 15504 1559415783 18758 18900 19305 20550 25385 25404 355 819 1841 3868 6517 70548097 10246 11123 11573 13354 13565 13807 14072 24327 24620 25028 12961630 3750 5091 6496 6780 7154 8414 11468 15004 16441 16619 18374 1904722090 24448 24606 1818 3512 7338 7994 8149 8875 9345 9985 10716 1156813029 16063 16709 19295 19487 20368 24977 1024 2737 3819 5584 6314 76837965 9796 13695 13917 14267 16079 18133 18763 19880 20213 25354 509 34894746 5544 6877 7607 9237 11923 12548 13078 14148 14809 15479 18172 2302623320 24011 565 3039 3652 4540 7101 9564 10165 10898 11473 12788 1288413091 15654 17926 19344 21818 24494 1554 2393 2767 4498 4755 5179 53066509 9849 12108 12920 14191 14607 14854 18992 20294 21249 1680 2417 41227193 7727 8288 10235 10518 12601 15579 15606 17894 19077 20170 2280725023 25075 5260 7065 8165 8835 925 1768 14353 17531 946 1215 1772 12359816 8662 9026 2813 12966 16694 2230 11960 14896 3800 24516 25345 54848458 23922 4987 9596 19066 1436 9374 14690 5028 11659 21771 5315 716518489 10407 12975 19434 5145 10245 18045 10673 22010 25886 11519 2218722639 2980 24742 25213 3076 6738 25207 2739 2928 21112 11489 11589 197585855 14238 15751 17401 17827 24389 824 11592 21377 5183 5873 7732 187614696 25162 4304 20607 20618 10 13313 19688 9836 11073 25026 4018 677120919 927 14197 20942 8641 12334 21236 3269 14018 20385 2351 4788 1811811617 18588 22838 12792 15919 21163 3349 11643 17565 14371 19374 2564910067 11785 19622 4569 13536 18587 5964 10331 13181 599 19974 24864 611214924 15064 6583 10602 24102 9557 24762 25615 6604 15093 16126 866114067 25778 7528 13483 14749 2778 5178 17304 9446 14594 20687 4643 983510941 9150 16139 21198 2718 10848 25290 7441 8240 16973 11007 1871522798 14372 14528 25882 12746 22454 23509 460 6355 23769 12219 1642420964 2807 9851 19461 1927 9166 15241 6383 20232 24804 6897 12660 14081974 21928 23655 3028 3106 15497 853 1253 16940 7120 13030 17698 48997645 13181 3241 17169 25337 818 10204 15188 5719 19557 20043 15487 1801622407 2235 3953 22675 4744 10340 24145 7241 9321 25600 7221 11284 168194930 23831 23960 6080 10021 14223 1735 2786 4567 4388 8739 18918 92989450 19150 1233 13832 24372 15796 15975 21750 6155 15182 18451 203 1120219855 16073 23604 25852 98 19028 20997 7921 11254 12101 6747 7647 89522010 19596 24301 7463 19200 24382 1705 17928 25288 2005 9490 17390 341311573 17375 9213 13062 14270 1307 15050
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16. A reception method comprising: a decoding step of decoding an LDPCcode obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, thetransmission apparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC codingbased on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120bits and a code rate r of 10/16, wherein the LDPC code includesinformation bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes aninformation matrix section corresponding to the information bits and aparity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the informationmatrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, andthe check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions ofelements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360columns, the table including 271 1020 5185 7275 8003 11480 12855 1417514467 15086 15696 16443 16565 18130 20056 24630 24862 25892 1339 18532850 3222 4490 4644 4818 5174 6072 6698 10681 12635 14197 16281 2024722338 23417 24076 3129 3405 3651 4498 4751 4876 6253 8473 8938 9552 976112593 13222 13694 15200 16230 20806 20887 1055 2296 2308 3380 7113 952411765 16519 19064 19672 19895 20421 20498 21381 21565 21587 24283 25908932 1729 2020 6611 7879 8243 8912 12436 14276 16021 18171 19185 2015423285 23342 24000 24372 24391 802 1025 2896 5686 9630 10075 10956 1323814133 16693 16799 17305 18117 18375 18739 22385 22805 23012 365 11602879 4714 8810 10702 11054 13219 13599 14592 15414 20406 20592 2277424045 24529 24666 25074 113 1165 1947 3823 5944 9058 9129 11673 1256013816 14978 15027 15095 19019 20354 22452 25588 1637 2422 3115 3487 75007590 15048 15512 16354 18274 18449 19120 20724 21135 23145 23732 259112845 5592 7719 8334 9489 9892 10722 15313 15721 16306 18219 18232 1838718503 20614 24467 24761 114 903 1910 5652 7270 10269 14202 16169 1883519131 19208 19475 20389 21871 22037 23766 25226 1391 2688 6776 900110533 11495 12445 12868 13853 14176 14195 14764 18050 19508 20450 2146524422 1118 3116 4245 5978 7207 8450 10891 13765 14966 15115 16605 1830018630 19680 22654 22905 23307 99 2340 2383 2766 5097 9097 12169 1866918716 20237 21059 22426 22990 23495 24511 25416 25790 701 1693 2106 28974540 5298 6106 6380 6604 8683 9279 12937 13575 18789 20512 21598 22132608 1473 2459 3522 3593 4295 5008 7004 7699 7786 14450 15096 15830 1728619571 23907 25288 5399 5791 5815 6785 7837 9632 10181 13688 15504 1559415783 18758 18900 19305 20550 25385 25404 355 819 1841 3868 6517 70548097 10246 11123 11573 13354 13565 13807 14072 24327 24620 25028 12961630 3750 5091 6496 6780 7154 8414 11468 15004 16441 16619 18374 1904722090 24448 24606 1818 3512 7338 7994 8149 8875 9345 9985 10716 1156813029 16063 16709 19295 19487 20368 24977 1024 2737 3819 5584 6314 76837965 9796 13695 13917 14267 16079 18133 18763 19880 20213 25354 509 34894746 5544 6877 7607 9237 11923 12548 13078 14148 14809 15479 18172 2302623320 24011 565 3039 3652 4540 7101 9564 10165 10898 11473 12788 1288413091 15654 17926 19344 21818 24494 1554 2393 2767 4498 4755 5179 53066509 9849 12108 12920 14191 14607 14854 18992 20294 21249 1680 2417 41227193 7727 8288 10235 10518 12601 15579 15606 17894 19077 20170 2280725023 25075 5260 7065 8165 8835 925 1768 14353 17531 946 1215 1772 12359816 8662 9026 2813 12966 16694 2230 11960 14896 3800 24516 25345 54848458 23922 4987 9596 19066 1436 9374 14690 5028 11659 21771 5315 716518489 10407 12975 19434 5145 10245 18045 10673 22010 25886 11519 2218722639 2980 24742 25213 3076 6738 25207 2739 2928 21112 11489 11589 197585855 14238 15751 17401 17827 24389 824 11592 21377 5183 5873 7732 187614696 25162 4304 20607 20618 10 13313 19688 9836 11073 25026 4018 677120919 927 14197 20942 8641 12334 21236 3269 14018 20385 2351 4788 1811811617 18588 22838 12792 15919 21163 3349 11643 17565 14371 19374 2564910067 11785 19622 4569 13536 18587 5964 10331 13181 599 19974 24864 611214924 15064 6583 10602 24102 9557 24762 25615 6604 15093 16126 866114067 25778 7528 13483 14749 2778 5178 17304 9446 14594 20687 4643 983510941 9150 16139 21198 2718 10848 25290 7441 8240 16973 11007 1871522798 14372 14528 25882 12746 22454 23509 460 6355 23769 12219 1642420964 2807 9851 19461 1927 9166 15241 6383 20232 24804 6897 12660 14081974 21928 23655 3028 3106 15497 853 1253 16940 7120 13030 17698 48997645 13181 3241 17169 25337 818 10204 15188 5719 19557 20043 15487 1801622407 2235 3953 22675 4744 10340 24145 7241 9321 25600 7221 11284 168194930 23831 23960 6080 10021 14223 1735 2786 4567 4388 8739 18918 92989450 19150 1233 13832 24372 15796 15975 21750 6155 15182 18451 203 1120219855 16073 23604 25852 98 19028 20997 7921 11254 12101 6747 7647 89522010 19596 24301 7463 19200 24382 1705 17928 25288 2005 9490 17390 341311573 17375 9213 13062 14270 1307 15050 20865.